Council Tax is the tax all local council's charge to help pay
for the services they provide. The tax is linked to the value of
your home and there is only one bill for each household. The basic
bill assumes that there are at least two adults living in each
property - if there are less than two adults living in the home the
bill may be reduced.
As there is only one bill for each property, the owner-occupier
or tenant is usually responsible for paying the Council Tax bill.
If no-one lives in the property, then the person who owns the
property is liable. In some cases more than one person will be
responsible for paying the Council Tax i.e. joint owners, joint
tenants or a couple living together.
Here in Richmondshire your bill will include charges from the
Richmondshire District Council, North Yorkshire County Council, the
fire & police services, along with any local parish councils.
We arrange the billing and collection of Council Tax on behalf of
all these authorities.
The Council operates systems for paying Council Tax Benefit and
Housing Benefit (or Rent Allowance as it is sometimes called). If
you are on a low income and paying rent or Council Tax or both,
then you may be eligible to claim Housing or Council Tax Benefit or
both.
Please go to our Benefits pages to
see if you can claim.
Listed below are the pages in this section, along with a brief
description of their content.
If what you are looking for is not
here at the moment, or you have any other comments about our site
or the service we offer you in general for Council Tax, including
individual account enquiries, please use our
Comments Form or alternatively you can e-mail
us at
local.taxation@richmondshire.gov.uk