How To Register For Council Tax

The new 2022/23 Council Tax bills have now been issued. If you have whatever questions regarding your bill, delight encounter our Council Taxation bills Question and Answer page.

What is it?

Council tax is a taxation on domestic dwellings by local authorities (councils) throughout Great britain and is based on the estimated value of your home and the number of people living in it.

Your council taxation pecker includes water and waste water charges which we collect on behalf of Scottish Water. A leaflet detailing Scottish Water's charges can be viewed or downloaded here.

Council tax is used to part fund services provided past the council.

Some people are exempt from paying council tax or may be entitled to a disbelieve.

How practice I pay?

To brand a payment you will need to know your reference number. Information technology will be a number that starts with an 8, this can be found on a bill or alphabetic character from the states well-nigh council tax. You can too observe details about payment instalments on your bill, or alternatively log in to our Cocky Service Portal for more information.

You can cull to gear up a Directly Debit with payments collected on either the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd or 28th of each calendar month, or every ii or every iv weeks.

You lot can make a payment through BACS past quoting our depository financial institution details:
Depository financial institution Sort Code: 83-44-00
Banking concern Business relationship Number: 00223187
Please ensure that you also quote your Council Tax reference number.

To pay your bill by debit or credit card, using our automated payment line (available 24 hours, seven days a week including public holidays) phone united states of america on 0141 287 0300.

To pay by Standing Guild, please complete our pdf icon Continuing Order application [215kb]

Who should pay?

If the property is occupied, quango tax is normally paid by the people who are living in the firm, whether information technology is privately owned or rented.

If the belongings is unoccupied the owner is unremarkably the person liable to pay the bill, which may be charged at less than the full council tax rate although properties which have been unoccupied for more 12 months may be discipline to an additional charge of up to 100% of the Quango Tax accuse.

More information about who is responsible for paying council revenue enhancement is bachelor inside the pdf icon Council Tax Guide [297kb].

What do I need to pay?

Quango tax valuation bands are used to determine how much tax you pay.

Your home volition exist given a council taxation valuation band betwixt A and H, based on your property's value at 1 April 1991.

Newer properties are given a ring when they are built and are based on an estimate of their value had they existed on 1 April 1991.

The current value of your home may not be a skilful guide to the appropriate ring.

The quango tax valuation bands and charges for 2022 to 2023 are:

Council Tax Band	Quango Tax Valuation	Council Tax	H2o Charge	Waste Water (Sewerage accuse)	Total
A	up to £27000	£952.00	£147.sixty	£171.36	£1270.96
B	over £27000 and upwards to £35000	£1110.67	£172.xx	£199.92	£1482.79
C	over £35000 and up to £45000	£1269.33	£196.lxxx	£228.48	£1694.61
D	over £45000 and up to £58000	£1428.00	£221.xl	£257.04	£1906.44
E	over £58000 and upwards to £80000	£1876.23	£270.60	£314.16	£2460.99
F	over £80000 and up to £106000	£2320.50	£319.80	£371.28	£3011.58
K	over £106000 and up to £212000	£2796.50	£369.00	£428.40	£3593.ninety
H	over £212000	£3498.60	£442.80	£514.08	£4455.48

As shown above, Water and Waste Water charges are included in your Quango Taxation notice. For more than information on these, please meet Scottish Water's Household Charges 2022/23 leaflet.

Properties are placed in a valuation band by the Glasgow City Assessor.

Your band is shown on your beak or yous tin cheque online by visiting the Scottish Assessors Association website.

If you disagree with the council tax banding of your dwelling, y'all can brand an appeal via the Scottish Assessors Clan website for the valuation list to be altered to what you think should be the correct banding. Appeals against banding tin can only exist made in sure circumstances. Yous must make an appeal inside 6 months of ownership or moving into your property. If the assessor alters your council tax band, you must make your appeal within half dozen months of the date of the valuation detect.

To lodge an appeal, search for your postcode, then select 'make a proposal'.

Tin I view my details online?

Yeah - our Cocky-service facility allows yous to access your Council Tax account online whenever you want saving you lot fourth dimension, effort and money.

Using Self-Service you tin can:

View your account details
See when your payments are due
See how your Quango Revenue enhancement is calculated
View any bills nosotros have sent to y'all
Set up a Direct Debit to pay your Council Tax

Registering for Council Tax self-service is easy and all you lot need is your Council Tax account number and e-mail address. Register now on our Self Service registration folio.

Where at that place are changes to your household, your Council Tax reference number may alter. If this has happened, please sign into your account and add your new Quango Tax reference into the "Services Setup" expanse of your "My Services" folio. This will ensure you lot tin receive the details of your new business relationship reference aslope your old reference details.

How do I reduce my bill?

At that place are five ways to reduce your pecker:

Council revenue enhancement reduction
- You can claim council tax reduction if y'all have a low income and have savings of less than £16000.
An exemption can be applied for a limited fourth dimension if the property or the occupiers meet certain categories.
A discount may be applied for a limited time if the property or the occupiers meet certain categories.
A disabled person's reduction may exist practical if you belongings is larger to accommodate the needs of a disabled person.
You can appeal the conclusion against the valuation band allocated to your home via the Scottish Assessors Association website .

You need to apply for a reduction or exemption/disbelieve, disabled persons reduction or to appeal your valuation band.

We exercise not bill y'all for whatever charges during an exempt period. We will continue to beak you for some of the charges if a discount applies.

Payment must non be withheld awaiting the outcome of an awarding.

For more data visit our council tax exemptions and discounts page.

How do I appeal against decisions?

You tin make an appeal against a decision that has been made, for example:

who is responsible for payment;
an exemption or discount.

You must continue to pay your quango revenue enhancement until we have made a decision on your entreatment.

All appeals must exist made in writing to:

Glasgow Urban center Quango
Council Taxation Office
PO Box 36
Glasgow
G1 1JE

If you are not satisfied with the effect of your appeal, y'all have the correct to contact the Glasgow Valuation Appeal Panel. You can contact them using the address below:

Secretary to the Local Valuation Console
1B Helena House
Busby Road
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 7RA