Article: City council approves 1.9 per cent tax rise

Article: GBP 30m hole in SNP council tax plan
The Scotsman;  November 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... documents. The cost of a council tax freeze while maintaining ... Ayrshire is expected to be GBP 8 million in 2008-9 ... receive a minimum of GBP 7 million as its share of the money to freeze the council tax. This would take the total cost to more than GBP 100 million, without ...

Article: GBP 25m left over after city ups council tax
Evening News - Scotland;  April 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... inflation-busting council tax hike. Edinburgh City Council has GBP 24.9m tucked away ... cent increase in council tax. The GBP 25m leftover- which ... leaders for raising council tax by four per cent despite hoarding almost GBP 25m in cash reserves ...

Article: Extra GBP 200m to help cut council tax bills
The Scotsman;  December 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... inflation rises in their council tax bills next year after ... Executive found more than GBP 200 million of extra ... part of a package of GBP 250 million which directly effects council tax levels, was more ... would mean that the council tax bill for a Band D property would ...

Article: Unpaid city council tax hits GBP 64.8m
Evening News - Scotland;  January 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... owe a massive GBP 64.8 million in unpaid council tax, new figures ... Scotland, the council tax debt for the past seven years totals GBP 554m. A report ... who pay their council tax in good faith, today's news that GBP 500m remains outstanding ...

Article: Council tax payers 'face bill for GBP 40m ...
Evening News - Scotland;  July 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... assets to make up the GBP 40m shortfall. Steve ... there was a risk of council tax payers having to ... will fall to the council tax payer. I think that ... cover the bulk of the GBP 45m, with uncertainty ... will not fall to council tax payers to pick up ... account for more ...

Article: Edinburgh owed GBP 82m in unpaid council tax ...
Evening News - Scotland;  June 17, 2005 ;     681 words ... ... CAPITAL residents owe nearly GBP 82 million in unpaid council tax, new figures revealed today ... that, there is still nearly GBP 74m owed from the days of ... The Capital's massive council tax debt of GBP 81,798,000 dates back ...

Article: Assets sale plan to cut council tax by GBP ...
Scotland on Sunday;  December 10, 2006 ;     523 words ... ... surplus assets to cut council tax by almost GBP 200 per household ... about 17 per cent of the GBP 2bn raised across Scotland in council tax each year. A 17 per ... average Band D Scottish council tax, which stands at GBP 1,130, would cut ...