Modernising and improving the administration of council tax

This consultation seeks views on modernising the administration of council tax, including improving how council tax is billed and how payments are collected and enforced. 

This consultation is focused on the administration of council tax and will not seek views on fundamental reform of the council tax system. It sets out the government’s proposals to make changes to council tax billing, modernising council tax disregards, reviewing the process for collecting council tax and the fees involved in this. The consultation also includes a call for evidence, which seeks views on taxpayers’ experiences of the wider administration of council tax and potential longer-term changes.

These proposals relate to England only. 

Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government  

Duration:

The consultation will last for 12 weeks from 20 June until 12 September 2025

Enquiries: 

For any enquiries about this consultation, please contact:  council.tax@communities.gov.uk   

How to respond:

Citizen Space is the department’s preferred route for receiving responses. We strongly encourage responses to be made via Citizen Space, particularly from organisations with access to online facilities such as representative bodies. Using Citizen Space greatly assists our analysis of responses, enabling more efficient and effective consideration of the issues raised. 

However, if you are unable to respond via Citizen Space, you may send your  responses by email to council.tax@communities.gov.uk  

Alternatively, they may be sent by post to:

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 
Local Tax Team, Local Government Finance 
SE Quarter - 2nd Floor Fry Building 
2 Marsham Street 
London 
SW1P 4DF 

If you are replying to this consultation by email or post, please confirm whether you are replying as an individual or submitting an official response on behalf of an organisation, and include the following information:

• your name 
• type of respondent or organisation you replying on behalf of (if applicable)

Please also structure your response in line with the questions in the consultation. Please answer ’no view’ where you do not have a view in response to a question. We will categorise responses as not indicating a view where written responses are unclear.