Council Tax

2008-2009 Council Tax
Vale Royal Borough Council set its Council Tax rate for the financial year beginning April 2008 at its Council meeting on 28 February 2008.

Occupants of Band D properties in Vale Royal face an average increase of 4.6% in their Council Tax.

This increase means that the Band D Council Tax in Vale Royal will be £1,386.85.
Last year the Council Tax, including the Cheshire County Council's precept, Cheshire Police Authority and the Cheshire Fire Authority levy for a Band D property was £1,325.93

What is the Council Tax?
Council tax is an annual tax based on the value of your property and assumes that two people live in the property. The bill is not increased if more than two people live in the household, but if only one lives there, the bill is reduced by 25%.

Can I claim Council Tax Benefit?
See our Council Tax Benefit information page.

Discounts and Exemptions
There are many exemptions and discounts including empty properties and people living alone, see our Discount and Exemption information page.

Second Adult Rebate
See our Second Adult Rebate information page.

Valuations
For information about banding and valuation Valuations information page.

Prevention and Detection of Fraud
The Council is required under section 6 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to participate in the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) data matching exercise.

Council Tax data will be provided to the Audit Commission for NFI and will be used for cross-system comparison for the prevention and detection of fraud.

In 2008 cross-checks will be made between council tax records and the Council's Register of Electors in order to verify awards of council tax discounts. The Council will pass your council tax information and information from the Council's Register of Electors to the Audit Commission but the data released will only be that regarded as essential to the successful completion of the data matching exercise.

Information for blind and hearing impaired residents
If it will help, the information contained here can be provided in other formats such as large type, braille or transcribed onto audio tape. For assistance please telephone us at 01606 867957 or e-mail us at financialservices@valeroyal.gov.uk.

How to get in touch with us
Staff in our Council Tax Department are happy to help with any query you have about your tax. You can reach us by e-mail, post or telephone

e-mail: financialservices@valeroyal.gov.uk
post: Wyvern House, The Drumber, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 1AH
Tel: (01606) 867957

Further Information
For further information on Council Tax and Valuations, please see the Valuation Offices website www.voa.gov.uk

Last modified: 14 November 2008