megilleland Posted March 3, 2018 Report Posted March 3, 2018 Having pointed out the iniquity of the council tax system in Hereford Voice in 2014, The Guardian has done a piece on the latest situation comparing Westminster with other parts of the country. The top band H (properties over £320,00) will be paying £1,376 this coming year 2017 to 2018. Your Council Tax for 2017 to 2018*: Band Westminster City Council Greater London Authority Total A £272.08 £186.68 £458.76 B £317.43 £217.79 £535.22 C £362.77 £248.91 £611.68 D £408.12 £280.02 £688.14 E £498.81 £342.25 £841.06 F £589.51 £404.47 £993.98 G £680.20 £466.70 £1,146.90 H £816.24 £560.04 £1,376.28 *The council has increased its own general council tax requirement by 1.9%. Westminster council tax also includes a charge for Adult Social Care as proposed by central government costing an additional 2.0%. The GLA have increased their council tax requirement by 1.5%. compare this with Hereford City Council Hereford City Council including the Police & Fire precepts Band A £1,184.17 B £1,381.54 C £1,578.89 D £1,776.26 E £2,170.98 F £2,565.72 G £2,960.43 H £3,552.52 I leave you to digest the figures. Each parish has a different council tax figure - Ewyas Harold tops the charts with a Band H figure of £3661.76 and Stoke Edith, Dinmore and Hampton Bishop pay the least at £3445.84 Quote
megilleland Posted March 3, 2018 Author Report Posted March 3, 2018 Council Tax: stock of properties 2017 Herefordshire, County of UA Westminster Band A 13,070 Band A 1,730 Band B 19,640 Band B 6,640 Band C 16,460 Band C 15,930 Band D 13,110 Band D 22,750 Band E 11,480 Band E 22,850 Band F 6,760 Band F 17,650 Band G 3,540 Band G 22,690 Band H 190 Band H 15,340 Total 84,240 properties Total 125,480 properties Quote
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