Aibu to ask your house price and council tax cost. (Disparity between areas)

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£250,000. £3263

RIP off.

£300k Band E £1800. I’m in Scotland though water and sewage charges would bring it up to £2500. I’m rural with a pws.

I feel like comparing house type would be more useful really.

E.g. I live in a 2 up 2 down terrace. It's value will vary from well into the hundred of thousands to a couple of hundred grand to maybe £75k, depending on the area.

But it will still be the same house no matter how much it costs.

In my area it's a band A and that is about £1500 without a discount.

I do think social care should be funded centrally by the government though: if councils want to provide slightly different arrangements for bin collection or street lighting that's up to them and I don't mind council tax varying to deal with that. But social care should be consistently provided across the country and so should be funded by national taxation.

House worth around £625k. Council tax £2604. London area.

Band D, £2500 last year, £375,00.

It is a very strange tax. Essentially a wealth tax that manages to not take into account actual wealth. Ironically as a supposed wealth tax it is a pretty regressive tax as well (similar in that regard to VAT and fuel taxes. Not sure I have an answer, although I have always liked the idea of just a simple flat rate of income tax that everyone pays regardless of earnings with a higher rate for unearned income. Higher earners then pay more (but not proportionately more) and you can more easily stop cliff edges with benefits and tax bands.

Approx 410k - council tax band B £1,410.

We're band E but really shouldn't be! Houses bigger and worth more than ours are band D. The whole system is ridiculous and needs a massive overhaul.

2014. Probably worth £300000 now.

£775,000 and £3,600

Band F.
North east.
A neighbour with a different style house (older) paid the same as us, before us and they are band A.

Wirral
£350k. Band E - £2637 from April
No need to give to charity here just pay the council tax it mostly goes on trying to stem the tide of deprivation.
If central government funded health properly it would make a huge difference.

£300k, £1910, band C, small 3 bed detached

The problem with this is it is supposed to be based on value. Not size.

£340,000 house
£4,418.46

looks like we get ripped off the most

220k approx £1500
S Yorks

£950k, £2600 - Bromley, Kent border.

That’s not right. The band is set on size, layout, character, location and value in 1991 in England.

£140k, £2052 but due to go up by 5%. North East

£200,000
£2115.88
East Riding of Yorkshire

"Council Tax valuations are based on the value of properties that aren't used for business purposes. The value is based on the price the property would have sold for on the open market on 1 April 1991 in England and 1 April 2003 in Wales."

£850k value £2,500 CT

Thames Valley

£265k, £2040, band C.

Sussex, £450k, £2123 (band C).

My council is regularly in the top 5 for most expensive council tax in the UK.

£475k band D £1542 ours hasn’t gone up in 10 years. I had no idea how much some of you are paying!

£585,000, band F £3,052. Worcs.