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Check your Council Tax band
Find out the Council Tax band for a property, register any changes to the property or challenge the band in England or Wales by looking up the property's address or postcode online
Pay your Council Tax
Pay Council Tax online or by other methods, like direct debit to your local council
Find a business rates valuation
How to find the rateable value of a business property: compare it with other properties and challenge your property’s rateable value if it’s in Wales.
Apply for Council Tax Reduction
Apply to your local council for Council Tax Reduction if you're on a low income or benefits - this replaced Council Tax Benefit
Apply for a Council Tax discount
Check with your council if you're eligible for a discount on your Council Tax

Council tax rebate: factsheet
- Detailed guide
- 1 April 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Start paying Council Tax
- Detailed guide
- 22 January 2016
- Valuation Office Agency
How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax bands
- Detailed guide
- 17 March 2022
- Valuation Office Agency
How non-domestic (business) properties are valued
- Detailed guide
- 17 November 2022
- Valuation Office Agency
Traffic signs manual
- Guidance
- 18 May 2022
- Department for Transport

6/2022: Autumn Statement business rates measures
- 18 November 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Correspondence
Intervention at Liverpool City Council expanded to deliver value for money for taxpayers
- 8 November 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Press release
14/2022: Council Tax information letter - 31 October 2022
- 31 October 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Correspondence
Over 19 million households have received their council tax rebate
- 31 October 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Press release
13/2022: Council Tax information letter - 21 October 2022
- 21 October 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Correspondence

Live tables on local government finance
- 1 December 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Statistical data set
Council tax rebate monitoring data: April - October 2022
- 30 November 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Research
Labour Force Survey annual tables 2021
- 29 November 2022
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- National statistics
Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England: 2021 to 2022 individual local authority data
- 10 November 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- National statistics
Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England: 2021 to 2022 final outturn
- 10 November 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- National statistics

Business Rates Revaluation 2023: Consultation on the transitional arrangements
- 17 November 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 25 July 2022
Local Government Pension Scheme: Fair Deal – strengthening pension protection
- 8 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 04 April 2019
Reforming local government exit pay
- 8 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 09 November 2020
Technical adjustment to the Business Rates Retention system: Consultation
- 2 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 30 September 2022
Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Governance and reporting of climate change risks
- 1 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 24 November 2022

Highways maintenance funding allocations
- 28 February 2022
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021
- 10 December 2021
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Corporate report
Transforming Cities Fund
- 30 July 2021
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2019 to 2020
- 17 December 2020
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Corporate report
Schemes awarded the Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund
- 28 February 2020
- Department for Transport
- Transparency

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