Council Tax

Information and services in Council Tax

• Payments, bills and bands

  How to pay your Council Tax

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

  Due to the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are working differently to deliver our Council Tax service. The best way to submit documents and applications is online or by email. You can still use the letterbox at Causeway House to submit documents, which we will collect regularly.

  • Register for Council Tax
  • How to pay your Council Tax
  • Sign up to Open Portal
  • Check your Council Tax balance

  • Council Tax bands
  • Parish precepts
  • Understanding your Council Tax bill
  • Help and support during Covid-19
  • Your guide to Council Tax virtual brochure

  

• Moving home or change of occupants

  Register for Council Tax or tell us you're moving

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

  Due to the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are working differently to deliver our Council Tax service. The best way to submit documents and applications is online or by email. You can still use the letterbox at Causeway House to submit documents, which we will collect regularly.

  • Tell us you are moving
  • Moving into the District
  • Moving within the Braintree district
  • Moving out of our district

  • Tells us when someone had died
  • Apply for single person discount

• Discounts and exemptions

  Information on discounts and exemptions

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

  Due to the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are working differently to deliver our Council Tax service. The best way to submit documents and applications is online or by email. You can still use the letterbox at Causeway House to submit documents, which we will collect regularly.

  • Report a change of circumstances
  • Apprentices and youth trainees
  • Carers
  • Council Tax annexe discount
  • Members of visiting defence forces
  • Apply for single person discount

  • Council Tax empty levy charge and exemptions
  • Disabled relief
  • Members of religious communities
  • Patients in care, nursing homes and hospitals
  • Students and student nurses

• Council Tax Support

  How you can claim Council Tax support

  • Apply for Council Tax Support
  • Apply for a Second Adult Rebate
  • Report a change of circumstances
  • Request a home visit to help with a claim

  • The Local Council Tax Support scheme

• Debts and arrears

  Find out about Council Tax recovery

  • Council Tax recovery
  • Liability order

   

• Disputes and appeals

  How to appeal your Council Tax bill or band

  • Appeal your Council Tax bill
  • Appeal your Council Tax Band