6.07% council tax increase

Dptaz · 13 March 2018 at 11:12PM

Hi,
Apologies if this has already been covered, I've searched but can't find any matches.
I've had my 2018/2019 council tax bill and it states that there has been a 6.07% overall increase on last year. This is with 2.99% council increase, 3% increases for social care and fire, and a 7.95% increase for police.
I know that the council element is capped at 2.99%, but are the other elements capped? A Google search suggests that the maximum overall increase should be 5.99% but this is obviously in excess of this. Anyone have any ideas?

Many thanks in advance.

daveyjp · 13 March 2018 at 11:39PM

Fire and police precept increases are separate from Council elements. The maximum increase is also limited.

Dptaz · 14 March 2018 at 8:19AM

Thank you for your reply. That's what I thought but can't find the figure at which they are capped anywhere.

00ec25 · 14 March 2018 at 8:46AM

the high % for the police is because the cap was not increased to a set %.

The raised cap was set at +£12 on the existing amount charged to a band D property and obviously as other bands are based on multipliers above or below the band D value, those above D will see more than £12 added.

"every" (?) police force in the UK ran a "consultation" about how much of the £12 people would accept around January.

Did you try this?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=police+precept+increase

even the Daily Mirror has the basic figures, but you then need to understand the fact the £12 obviously alters the overall final % figure :
2.99% cap council tax
3% cap social care
£12 police
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/council-tax-rise-april-2018-11987939

CIS · 14 March 2018 at 9:56AM

Yep, the fact that the '6%' (rounded, headline figure) is not a straight '6%' on the whole confuses a lot - the way the social case rise is calculated, for example.

Craig

6.07% council tax increase

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