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The 'Your 2008/09 Council Tax
Leaflet'. (pdf 1.47 MB) is packed full of information,
including the 2008/2009 charges, benefit advice and other ways to
reduce your Council Tax bill. It also shows how the council
Tax you pay has been arrived at.
More useful information can be found in
A guide to your Council Tax Bill. and in
A guide to Valuation Banding and Appeal.
What is Council Tax?
Council Tax is the way that Council's raise money to pay
for services such as refuse collection, education, social services,
libraries, planning, community safety, fire and rescue services and
much more. Council Tax is a charge on domestic dwellings for
example houses, flats and bungalows.
Who is responsible for Payment?
For occupied properties it is normally the responsibility of the
owner occupier or tenant.
The bill will be payable by the person(s) who comes first in the
list below, starting at the top and working down.
- Owner occupier
- Resident leaseholder
- Resident statutory or secure tenant
- Resident licensee
- A resident
- The owner (when the property is empty)
For example if an owner occupier was resident he/she would
pay. If not resident then the resident leaseholder will
pay. If neither of these are resident, the secure tenant will
be liable, and so on down the list.
In some cases the owner, and not the resident, will be liable
for Council Tax:
- Houses in multiple occupation
- Residential nursing/care homes and hostels
- Second homes with domestic servants
- Accommodation occupied by asylum seekers
- Religious communities
- Vicarages or other property where a minister of religion lives
and works
Special rules apply
when a property is unoccupied and more information can be found in
our 'No-one at home?'
leaflet.
The charges in the 'Your 2008/09 Council Tax Leaflet' are
based on TWO adult residents. If you live in parts of the
Bassetlaw District where no parish levy applies, the last but one
line of the table relates to you. This covers residents in
Askham, Bole, Carburton, Clumber and Hardwick, Haughton,
Scaftyworth, Wallingwells, West Burton and Worksop.
When looking at the number of adults living in a property
certain adults are disregarded or do not count. If after
disregarding all the adults that do not count, the number of adults
living in the property is one a 25% discount will apply. If
all adults are disregarded (or do not count) then a 50% discount
can be given.
More information
about discounts and disregards is included in our Pocket Guide to Council Tax
No.2 discounts and disregards.
There is also some more
information on our page 'Council Tax Discounts and Disabled
Relief'
Business Rates
Business Rates is charged on commercial premises such as shops
and offices. For more information regarding Business
Rates see our web pages.