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HOW YOUR COUNCIL TAX IS SHARED
Three Rivers District Council collects the council tax on behalf of the District Council, the Police and Crime
Commissioner and the largest proportion of your bill goes to Hertfordshire County Council, which provides
services including adult social care, highways maintenance, 昀椀re and rescue and children’s services.
For every £1 of council tax, this goes to:
11p
Police and Crime
9p
76p
Three Rivers
District Council
Hertfordshire
County Council
3p Parish Precept
1p Special Expenses
A parish precept is a local tax charged to help fund community services and facilities and special expenses are additional
charges for services provided in only part of a local authority area, rather than the whole district, ensuring that residents only
pay for services they actually receive. How much you actually pay will depend upon which parish area you live.
WHAT IS COUNCIL TAX
Council tax is a tax on homes collected by your local council to pay for local services. It helps to fund schools,
the police, waste collection and more.
Your council tax band, is based on how much your property was worth in 1991. Your council tax band is shown
on your bill or alternatively, you can check your band online:
www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-council-tax-band/search
If you think your home should be in a different
valuation band, please contact the Valuation
Of昀椀ce Agency at www.gov.uk/council-taxbands or call 03000 501501.
If you challenge your band, you must
continue to pay council tax at your current
band until your appeal is decided.
WHO PAYS COUNCIL TAX
In most cases the person (or people) aged 18 or over who will be responsible for paying council tax are;
At least one person in each household is
responsible for paying council tax, whether they
own the home or rent it.
• People such as squatters, who live in the
property, but have no legal interest in it (that is,
they don’t own or rent it)
• Owner-occupiers
• People who own the property, but don’t live in it
• Leaseholders
People living together such as tenants,
married people or civil partners can be jointly
or separately responsible for the whole council
tax for their property.
• People who pay rent
• People who have a licence to occupy, such as
people who live in tied cottages (housing
relating to their work)
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