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Scotland's chief statistician has published the Council Tax Collection Statistics. The Statistics cover Council Tax collection figures for Scottish local authorities, up to and including the financial year 2023-24.
For the whole of Scotland in 2023-24, the total amount of Council Tax billed (after Council Tax Reduction) was £3.015 billion. Of this total, £2.879 billion, or 95.5 per cent, was collected by 31 March 2024.
Between 1999-00 and 2023-24, the overall total amount of Council Tax billed in Scotland was £50.974 billion.
Provisional in-year Council Tax collection rates for 2023-24 ranged from 92.5 per cent to 97.7 per cent across the 32 local authorities.
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