There are 8 Council Tax bands, each with a different rate of Council Tax. You can check the band for the property you live in and find out how much your Council Tax rate is.
Check your Council Tax band. Council Tax is based on the value of the property you live in. Lambeth Council does not set your Council Tax band, but it does set the rate that you have to pay. The bands are based on what a home might have sold for in April Even if the property you live in was built recently, its band is based on an estimation of what its value would have been in If you think your home is not in the correct Council Tax band, you can appeal to the Valuation Office Agency.
You must keep paying the amount shown on your current Council Tax bill unless your appeal is successful and we send you a new bill. The Secretary of State made an offer to adult social care authorities. It was originally made in respect of the financial years up to and including If the Secretary of State chooses to renew this offer in respect of a particular financial year, this is subject to the approval of the House of Commons. It is a government requirement that the adult social care precept is shown as a separate item on council tax bills.
Therefore, two percentage changes will be shown on your bill: one for the part of the overall change attributable to the adult social care precept, and one for the part attributable to Lambeth Councils general expenditure. The funding is used to support and provide care where necessary to vulnerable adults in the borough. Related links What your Council Tax pays for.
