Quote Originally Posted by redken1 View Post
That is not entirely true. County Councils set the annual charges, but only after consultation with the other stakeholders such as the lower tiers of local government and the police authorities in most cases. Collection is carried out on their behalf by the following;


In England,326 councils collect council
tax:
201 district councils
33 London boroughs
36 metropolitan district councils
56 unitary authorities
County councils do not collect council
tax themselves

Mendip collects ours
Ken, all I know is my CT hasn't changed for two years and my Direct Debit payment goes to Wiltshire Council. From then of course it gets distributed to the various parties etc etc. Now get back to the footie