Council tax - fact sheets

Council tax - fact sheets

The following council tax fact sheets provide information on a host of related matters: 

Discounts

Student discounts

Changing address 

Council tax benefit and housing benefit

Advice if you are struggling to pay bills

Exemptions and empty property discounts

Reductions for residents with disabilities

If someone dies

Ways to pay 

Who has to pay council tax? 

Joint responsibility for council tax

Bands and rateable values explained

How to appeal against your council tax banding

Translating and interpreting facilities

What happens if I don't pay my council tax?

Attachment to earnings and deductions from income support

The bailiff and your rights

Bankruptcy and liquidation 

Prison

Ways to contact us about council tax, council tax benefit or housing benefit

Council tax levels 2011/12

2011/12 council tax & business rates book (PDF) accompanying 2011/12 bills

2010/11 council tax & business rates booklet (PDF)

2009/10 council tax & business rates booklet (PDF)

The Department for Communities and Local Government leaflet (PDF) council tax - a guide to your bill