Council Tax

£50 efficiency dividend

In April the Council will pay £50 to most residents who are liable for Council Tax, including those who would pay Council Tax if they were not on benefit.

• read more about the Council Tax £50 efficiency dividend

E-bills

• E-billing: We can send your Council Tax bill by email. It is cost effective and environmentally friendly.

Payments

• Online Payments service - use our secure system and pay your Council Tax bill online
• Pay by Direct Debit - download the form Invitation to pay by direct debit

Council Tax 2009 -2010

Council Tax is payable by home owners or occupiers. The money raised pays for approximately 34 per cent of the cost of Council services.

There is only one bill for each dwelling. The charge for each property is based upon its "band" value. There are eight valuation bands (from A-H) and the band which applies to your home is shown on your bill. See Band Values.

• Council Tax booklet Your Council Tax and Business Rates explained
• Introducing our Budget for 2009/2010
• Band Values
• Garden Levies 2009/2010
• Who pays the Council Tax
• Discounts, exemptions and Disabled Relief Scheme
• Paying Council Tax
• Second and empty home discounts
• Penalties
• Council Tax Services - enquiries, complaints, suggestions
• Council Tax Services Customer Charter
• Royal Borough Council's performance and spending plans
• London Pension Fund Authority
• Managing flood risk in your area
• Council Tax contribution to the Greater London Authority

Change in circumstances

If you have recently moved in or out of the Borough, or your circumstances have changed, you can inform us by completing and printing the Change in Circumstances Form [PDF file] (file size 82Kb). Send it to the address shown at the top of the form.

Or you can complete in our online forms:

• change of circumstances form for people who have moved into or out of the Royal Borough
• change of circumstances form for people who have moved properties within the Royal Borough

Council Tax Quality Objectives

In order to maintain a high level of service, Council Tax Services have set performance targets known as quality objectives for the year 2008/09. You can read about these here:

• Council Tax Quality Objectives

WESTERN RIVERSIDE WASTE AUTHORITY

Western Riverside Waste Authority is the statutory waste disposal authority for the London Boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Lambeth and Wandsworth and for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The Authority’s waste management policies are recycling led, with the balance of residual waste being transported from the Authority’s two transfer stations via the River Thames to landfill pending construction of an Energy from Waste plant by the Authority’s contractor Cory on the Thames at Belvedere.

The Authority and its constituent Councils have agreed on a new basis of cost apportionment from 2009/10. Under the agreement, intended to run for eight years, the Authority will recover the costs of waste delivered by its constituent councils at a rate per tonne according to the nature of the waste recycled or disposed of. There will be a residual annual levy, apportioned on the basis of Council Tax-base, for overheads and civic amenity waste.

The estimated costs to constituent Councils for 2009/10 compared to the original budgeted cost in 2008/09 are shown in the table below.

2009/10 2009/10 2009/10 2008/09     Council Direct costs Levy Total costs Total costs Increase Percentage increase Hammersmith and Fulham £7,209 £1,018 £8,227 £7,513 £714 9.5 Kensington and Chelsea £7,616 £1,273 £8,889 £8,065 £824 10.2 Lambeth £11,682 £1,321 £13,003 £12,459 £544 4.4 Wandsworth £9,428 £1,574 £11,002 £10,248 £754 7.4 Total £35,935 £5,186 £41,121 £38,285 £2,836 7.4

Total costs have increased by 7.4% overall compared to the original budget for 2008/09 due to increased contract costs, including an £8 per tonne increase in landfill tax. The increase is not uniform for all four boroughs, however, mainly as each has experienced different decreases in their budgeted waste streams between the two financial years.

For more information on Western Riverside Waste Authority visit www.wrwa.gov.uk

Related Information

• Council Tax
• Council Tax - efficiency dividend table
• Council Tax - the £50 efficiency dividend
• Council Tax Quality Objectives

Local Taxes

• Council Tax
• Council Tax Benefit
• Business Rates
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