What is your council tax band and how much do you pay?

[Comps83]

We are in band c at the moment
I've had my eye on a property for a while but I've realised it's in band F! So I think I'll have to write that one off
Just asking out of interest really .

Band E we pay £2480 per year over 10 payments. We added full house loft extension so 2 extra large bedrooms and shower room but no increase to higher band. I still think it is expensive and we have to pay for garden rubbish bin to be emptied separately.

Band F, £2000 pa

Huge variation across the country!

My 2 bedroom (not particularly large) flat is in F. I think we have been screwed by the valuation system as they were built after the valuation date, there's nothing older like them in the area and I'm convinced they've been assigned based on the value at the time they were built.

We're in band A, paying around £1200 a year. We moved just before Christmas and previously in band B paid around £1600

Band B £1476

Band C 1780

That’s cheap for an f

Go on money saving expect website if you want to check - they have a good guide.

3 bed London Borough and we are d. £160 over 10 months. Sil lives in same borough -20 minute walk - in 3 bed too but it’s more vintage and she is e and £200 over 10 months.

Band E, £2132.34

@LondonMiss

Band F £1787 going up by 5% this year

That's very cheap for a band F, we're a London borough and we're almost £1,000 more. Are you in Wandsworth by any chance? (I'm assuming London due to your username 😁)

We are in Flintshire, North Wales and pay an astounding £3864 for Band I.

So that's a Labour Government for you.

Band E - £2,400 - seems high looking at this - outer London though so guess that’s a factor.

Band H £3293 plus £414 for water as were in Scotland and water hasn’t been privatised so is collected alongside council tax

Band C £1650 (which is more than I’d have guessed, hadn’t noticed the DDs creeping up!)
3-bed mid terrace, E Lancs.

Band B £1500

Band E. £2100 a year in the midlands.

@youngestisapsycho

Martin Lewis was talking about council tax last night. He said something about it being based on house valuations in 1991?

@youngestisapsycho Yes that is roughly when they did it - the Poll Tax thing was earlier, and council tax was a reaction to the anger about that. I think it was a combination of drive-bys and local estate agent knowledge. Bands have generally remained unchanged since then but there are some anomalies, eg this one I came across recently - a row of 6 small old stone cottages, more or less identical from the front - the Band A and the Band C look as if they’re the same size, so goodness knows what happened there! (One of the Band Bs is observably bigger )

Band H - around £3200

Sorry that's London.

D £1044 that's with single person discount.

Band F £2,770

Band G £3240

Band G - £3380

Err...I don't know what it is for the year, but I'm band B and its £129 a month so...over 10 months that'll be £1290 for the year.

I think the figures vary a lot depending in whether you have a Tory or Labour council. Labour are likely to spend more heavily on services and result in higher tax at the upper end.

I've always wondered why we pay over 10 and not 12 months. It's fine, but I wonder why.