Council tax news

• Council Tax rise proposed to support investment in Highland

  Published on 27 Feb 2025

  Highland Council is set to consider a proposed 7% increase to Council Tax for 2025-26 at its budget meeting on 6 March. 

• ​​​​​​​Three-year strategy proposed to manage £113m budget gap

  Published on 21 Feb 2024

  A three-year strategy to manage a budget gap of £113m is central to proposals going to Highland Council’s budget setting meeting on 29 February.

• Highland Council’s budget for change agreed

  Published on 14 Feb 2019

  The Highland Council today set a revenue budget for 2019-20 with savings also identified for years two and three of the three-year budget.

• Council Tax changes in 2017/2018

  Published on 18 Jan 2017

  From 1 April 2017 the Scottish Government is changing the basis on which properties are assessed for Council Tax and this will increase the charge for Council Tax properties that are banded E to H.

• Council Tax rise no longer an option for Highland Council

  Published on 2 Feb 2016

  Highland Council Leader, Councillor Margaret Davidson said: “The option to raise council tax in Highland has been taken away from us.

• Focus on council tax in first of a series of budget facebook chats

  Published on 29 Oct 2015

  People could be willing to pay a little bit more Council tax to protect frontline services according to a poll on Highland Council’s Facebook page.

• Highland Council to hold a series of Facebook chats on budget issues

  Published on 23 Oct 2015

  The Highland Council is to hold a series of Facebook chats on budget issues, starting with a discussion on the council tax.

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