Council Tax increase to be set for Aberdeenshire
Councillors will meet next week at a full meeting of council on Thursday to set the Council tax banding for financial year 2023/24.
Aberdeenshire Council has a legal duty to set its Council Tax by March 11 each year, and in so doing must consider all the available financial information at that time.
Each Council sets the rate that applies in their local authority area and are responsible for the administration and collection of the tax and all Councils set the Band D rate for their local authority area, with the charges for properties in other bands being a fixed proportion of that Band D charge.
As in previous years officers have used a 3 per cent increase as a working assumption when developing the General Revenue Budget but the Scottish Government has removed a level increase bar and higher levels may be decided on.
Setting the Council Tax below or above this working assumption will necessitate a review of the savings and efficiencies required to be identified or reserves to be released as part of the budget setting in March.
The potential changes to the estimated Council Tax income are as follows for Band D -
Band D (Property value £45,001 to £58,000)
Current - £1339.83; 3 per cent £1380.02; 4 per cent £1393.42; 5 per cent £1406.82; 6 per cent £1420.22; 7 per cent £1433.62; 8 per cent £1447.02; 9 per cent £1460.41 and 10 per cent £1473.81.
For all Bands a 3 per cent increase would equate as follows -
Band A £893.22 to £920.02.
Band B £1042.09 to £1073.35.
Band C £1190.96 to £1226.69.
Band D £1339.83 to £1380.02.
Band E £1760.39 to £1813.20.
Band F £2177.22 to £2242.54.
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Band G £2623.83 to £2702.54.
Band H £3282.58 to £3381.06.
Council Tax is not a charge for services used by any individual.
The money raised contributes directly to the delivery of local public services provided by the Council and all Council Tax raised in Aberdeenshire is spent in Aberdeenshire.
