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Services

  1. Check your Council Tax band

    Find out the Council Tax band for a property in England, Scotland or Wales by looking up the property's postcode online

  2. Pay your Council Tax

    Pay Council Tax online or by other methods, like direct debit to your local council

  3. Find and check your business rates valuation

    How to check the rateable value of your business property - compare it with other properties, request changes to your valuation and challenge the business rates you've been charged

  4. Council Tax

    Your Council Tax bill - how to work it out, who has to pay, discounts and exemptions for students and disabled people, second homes, empty properties, paying the bill

  5. Apply for Council Tax Reduction

    Apply to your local council for Council Tax Reduction if you're on a low income or benefits - this has replaced Council Tax Benefit

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Start paying Council Tax
    • Detailed guide
    • Valuation Office Agency
  2. How to check and challenge your rateable value
    • Detailed guide
    • Valuation Office Agency
  3. How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax bands
    • Detailed guide
    • Valuation Office Agency
  4. Traffic signs manual
    • Guidance
    • Department for Transport
  5. How non-domestic (business) properties are valued
    • Detailed guide
    • Valuation Office Agency
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News and communications

Press release

Tax rules for second-homes to be reviewed by ministers

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

  1. Budget to support new housing, high streets and local services
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Press release
  2. National Association of Local Councils conference 2018
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Speech
  3. A120 Little Hadham bypass: Highways Act orders
    • Department for Transport
    • Decision
  4. Local government finance settlement date confirmed in government response to Hudson review
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing England and Wales 31 March 2018
    • Home Office
    • National statistics
  2. Local government finance: review of governance and processes
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Independent report
  3. Local government pension scheme funds for England and Wales: 2017 to 2018
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Official statistics
  4. Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England: 2017 to 2018 final outturn
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • National statistics
  5. Local authority capital expenditure and financing in England: 2017 to 2018 individual local authority data
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • National statistics
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Business rates treatment of self-catering accommodation
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 16 January 2019
  2. Disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 08 December 2017
  3. Local government pension scheme: technical amendments to benefits
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 29 November 2018
  4. Local authority parking: contravention codes and penalties
    • Department for Transport
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 16 February 2016
  5. Business rates retention: response to the Select Committee report
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Traffic Commissioners: annual report 2017 to 2018
    • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
    • Corporate report
  2. Traffic Commissioners: register of interests, April 2015 to March 2016
    • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
    • Transparency
  3. Deputy Traffic Commissioners: spending April 2014 to March 2015
    • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
    • Transparency
  4. Traffic Commissioners: register of interests April 2017 to March 2018
    • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
    • Transparency
  5. Traffic Commissioners: salaries, April 2015 to March 2016
    • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
    • Transparency
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