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Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

Question for Department for Communities and Local Government

UIN 1635, tabled on 28 June 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the likely amount of council tax revenue that was foregone in the most recent year for which figures are available as a result of inaccurate banding of properties for council tax purposes.

Answered on

6 July 2017

The Department has not undertaken an assessment of the likely amount of council tax revenue foregone as a result of inaccurate banding of properties. Council tax payers have the right to formally challenge whether their property is in the correct band within six months of moving into their home.