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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
council tax
noun
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▪ He also wanted to scrap the council tax discount offered to second-home owners.
▪ In Tower Hamlets, for example, a 1 percent. spending increase will mean an 11 percent. rise in council tax.
▪ Like the poll tax, the council tax would also take account of the number of adults in each household.
▪ On the other hand, the council tax is also a bit-of-a-poll-tax.
▪ So all you people out there-make sure you pay your council tax.
▪ They also got a new source of money, the council tax, to replace Mrs Thatcher's hated poll tax.
▪ This year's two community charges come to £656, while this year's council tax bill will amount to £517.
▪ We can test the fairness of the council tax by looking at the bill that the Secretary of State himself will face.
Wiktionary
council tax

n. (context UK English) The taxation paid towards the local government

WordNet
council tax

n. a tax levied on households by local authorities; based on the estimated value of the property and the number of people living in it

Wikipedia
Council Tax

Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992. Each property is assigned one of eight bands (A to H) based on property value, and the tax is set as a fixed amount for each band. Some property is exempt from the tax, some people are exempt from the tax and some people get a discount.

In 2011 the average annual levy on a property in England was £1,196. In 2014-15 the tax raised enough money to cover 24.3% of council expenditure.

Council tax is difficult to avoid or evade and therefore has one of the highest collection rates of any tax, with in-year collection rates of 97.0% in 2014–15.

Usage examples of "council tax".

Not like the day they spent arguing over trade quotas and the Council tax on oat harvests.

Ah wis gonnae help ye out by showing ye how tae get yer money back where it belongs, so ye could make the council tax due date.