Council Tax: Birmingham
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether guidance has been provided to Birmingham City Council in relation to advertising the range of council tax reductions that are available to local residents.
Answered by Alison McGovern
While guidance has not been issued specifically to Birmingham City Council in relation to advertising council tax reductions to local residents, the government recently issued an information letter to councils (here) to remind of the need to make council information including council tax discounts and disregards accessible to residents. Individual councils are response for the administration of council tax; this includes ensuring information on council tax reductions are available to residents
The government in its response to the consultation on modernising council tax administration committed to publish best practice to councils which will set out expectations on communicating council tax support to taxpayers. The government will provide further updates on this in due course.
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