Scottish Government publishes council tax stats
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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