Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 39
39
Not Addressed
Using 1991 property values for council tax is increasingly inappropriate.
Conclusion
Using property values from 1991, or proxy 1991 values where actual values are not available, is inappropriate and becoming increasingly inappropriate as time goes on. (Conclusion, Paragraph 155)
Government Response Summary
The government notes the broader recommendation to reform council tax but states it has no plans for such reform, though it is focusing on how council tax income is accounted for in funding proposals, without addressing the inappropriateness of using 1991 property values.
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The Government notes the recommendation to reform or replace council tax as part of a wider review of local government funding. While the Government currently has no plans to reform Council Tax, the approach to accounting for Council Tax income in the allocation of Government funding is a key focus of this Government’s funding reform proposals. The government keeps all tax policy under review and the Chancellor makes tax policy decisions at fiscal events.