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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 and getting the Council Tax rebate.

• Working out your Council Tax

  You’ll need to know 3 things: the valuation band for your home in England…

• Who has to pay

  You’ll usually have to pay Council Tax if you’re 18 or over. A full…

• Discounts for full-time students

  Households where everyone’s a full-time student do not have to pay Council…

• Discounts for disabled people

  You might be able to apply for a Council Tax discount or exemption if you…

• Second homes and empty properties

  Second homes You’ll usually have to pay Council Tax on another property…

• Paying your bill

  Your Council Tax bill tells you: how much you have to pay for the year how…

Self Assessment tax returns - deadlines, who must send a tax return, penalties, corrections and returns for someone who has died.

• Overview

  Self Assessment is a system HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses to collect…

• Who must send a tax return

  You must send a tax return if, in the last tax year (6 April to 5 April),…

• Registering for Self Assessment

  You must tell HMRC by 5 October if you need to complete a tax return for…

• Sending a return

  You can send a tax return by either: submitting an online return sending a…

• If you no longer need to send a tax return

  You must tell HMRC as soon as possible if you believe you no longer need…

• Deadlines

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) must receive your tax return and any money…

• Penalties

  You’ll get a penalty if you need to complete a tax return and you: send…

• If you need to change your return

  You can make a change to a tax return after you filed it, for example…

• Claiming a tax refund

  You may be able to get a tax refund (also known as a ‘repayment’ or…

• How to get help

  If you need help with Self Assessment, you can: appoint someone to fill in…

• Returns for someone who has died

  If you’re the ‘personal representative’ (an executor or administrator) for…

Personal Allowance, Income Tax rates, bands and thresholds.

• Current rates and allowances

  How much Income Tax you pay in each tax year depends on: how much of your…

• Previous tax years

  The standard Personal Allowance from 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025 was…

Use this tool to find out if you need to send a tax return for the 2024 to 2025 tax year (6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025).

Sign into or set up a personal tax account to check and manage HMRC records, including Income Tax, change of address, Self Assessment and company car tax.

Claiming tax relief on expenses you have to pay for your work, like uniforms, tools, travel and working from home costs.

Paying tax as a student - term-time jobs, holiday jobs, overseas students, jobs abroad, overpaying tax.

Use this tool to find out what you need to do to get a tax refund (rebate) if you’ve paid too much Income Tax.

Check your Income Tax, Personal Allowance and tax code for the current tax year. Update details of your income from jobs and pensions.

Tax you pay and tax relief you get on contributions to your private pension - annual allowance, lifetime allowance, apply for individual protection