Council Tax Information
The Council Tax provides part of the money
that is needed to administer the services that our local
communities need, for example schools, policing, providing support
to the elderly and vulnerable, the maintenance of parks and open
spaces, getting rid of our rubbish and keeping our streets clean.
Your Council Tax is a local tax, based on the value of your
property, and it helps to finance the services provided by Bedford
Borough Council, Bedfordshire Police Authority, Bedfordshire and
Luton Combined Fire Authority, and (where applicable) Town and
Parish Councils.
Council Tax Explanatory Notes
Council
Tax Application Forms
Council Tax Payable
How to pay your Council Tax
Statistical Analysis of Numbers and Bandings of
Dwellings in each area
Council
Tax Useful Links
To ask a question about your Council Tax Account, please click here
and complete an online form.
Fair Collection and Debt Recovery
Policy
Council Tax and Data
Protection
How we will use your information
The information that you provide will be processed in accordance
with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and relevant
legislation. This authority has a duty to protect public funds it
administers, and may use information held about you for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other lawful purposes. This
may include, but not be limited to, matching council tax data with
Electoral Registration records. The council will also use the
information for the purpose of performing any of its statutory
enforcement duties. It will make any disclosures required by law
and may also share this information with other bodies responsible
for auditing or administering public funds. We will not disclose
your personal information to third parties for marketing
purposes.
National Fraud Initiative
The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is the
Audit Commission’s data matching exercise that tackles a broad
range of fraud risks faced by the public sector. This means the
Audit Commission is to cross check claims for council tax single
occupier discount against other databases held by them. For more
information please go to http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/
(link opens in a new window).
Council Tax
& Business Rate Charges from April 2006
Attachment
Orders
Bailiffs Code
of Practise
Change of
Address Notification
Your Council
Tax 2008/09
Your Council
Tax 2009/10
Direct Debit
Instruction
Fair Recovery
& Debt Collection Policy
What Happens
if I don't pay my Council Tax