Council Tax
Council Tax
Council Tax 2008-2009
Council Tax - General Information
Council Tax Benefit
Houses in Multiple Occupation and Council Tax
Refunds
Enquiries About Council Tax
Council Tax Booklet and Common Questions documents
This section contains important information about council tax for Islington residents.
You can pay your council tax online. For more information, click on Pay It on the right under Do It Online.
You can also pay your council tax using direct debit. For more information, click on Direct Debit on the right under Related Information.
Council Tax 2008-2009
On 28 February, we set the council tax rates for April 2008 to March 2009. Once again, Islington residents have one of the lowest council tax bills in the capital. The rise of 2.5% is below the level of inflation.
To find out what you’ll be paying this year, click on Council Tax Bands or How Much Do I Pay? on the left under Main Menu.
Council tax helps finance over 600 services in the community. We have managed to keep council tax low by looking carefully at what we spend and making administrative savings. Our main priority is to make sure you get value for money for all the services we provide.
Islington Council listens to its residents and we act on what you tell us. You told us how you’d like us to spend council tax money, and so we’ve prioritised some keys areas for our spending. For example, we’ll invest:
- £650,000 to make sure our streets are even cleaner and to continue funding our successful Area Response Team
- £200,000 in a new project to tackle gangs plus gun and knife crime in our borough
- £150,000 to help local people develop their skills and make the most of local employment opportunities
- £150,000 to help fund more in-house foster carers for vulnerable children
To find out more about this year’s council tax rates and how the council is spending the money to provide essential services, click on Council Tax Booklet 2008-09 or Common Questions at the bottom of this page under Downloadable Documents.
Council Tax - General Information
The council sets the council tax annually. It is paid by the residents of Islington to help finance the authority's many services, such as:
- schools
- libraries
- social services
- police service
- fire service
Council tax bills are issued prior to the start of the financial year, which runs from April to March. There is one bill for each home.
It is calculated as a daily rate multiplied by the number of days in the financial year, and can be paid in instalments. All domestic property is charged council tax. The amount is calculated by the valuation band the property falls into.
The revenues and benefits service is the council's service division responsible for billing and collecting council tax. It is part of the finance department. Queries regarding billing and collection should be made directly to the revenues and benefits service.
For more information, click on How Much do I Pay? on the left under Main Menu.
Council Tax Benefit
If you are on a low income you may be entitled to council tax benefit. This is shown on bills as a reduction to the amount payable and referred to as 'council tax rebate'.
Enquiries about benefit entitlement can be made directly to the Islington Benefits Service on 020 7527 4990.
To find out more about benefits, click on Council Tax and Housing Benefits on the left.
Houses in Multiple Occupation and Council Tax
For information about council tax for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs), click on HMOs and Council Tax on the right under Related Information.
Refunds
If you have received a council tax bill that shows you have overpaid your council tax account, or you believe that a refund is due, you can apply for a refund.
Click on Housing and Council Tax Forms under Do It Online on the right. Then select Council Tax Refund Form from the list of forms.
To submit the refund form you will need to know your council tax account number. If you do not know your council tax account number, you can send a request for a refund to council.tax@islington.gov.uk quoting your name, address of the property your overpaid on with a contact telephone number and/or address.
Enquiries About Council Tax
Email: council.tax@islington.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7527 2633
(8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm Saturday)
Credit Card Hotline: 020 7527 8000
Written enquiries:
Head of Revenues and Customer Relations
PO Box 34750
London N7 9WF
Council Tax and Business Rates enquiries and payments in person (by cheque, debit and credit cards):
Municipal Offices
222 Upper Street
London
N1 1XR
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 6pm.
Downloadable Documents
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Page Last Updated: 31 October 2008