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
Direct
Debit Instruction
Council Tax Discount & Exemption
Application Forms
How to pay
your Council Tax
What
Happens if I don't pay my Council Tax
Council Tax Charges
Your Council
Tax 2010/11
To ask a question about your Council Tax Account, please click
here.
To notify the Council Tax Office of a change of address, please
click here
To notify the Council Tax Office of a change in circumstances,
please click here
Click
here to download a Change of Address Notification
Benefit Calculator
Council Tax Useful
Links
Fair Collection and Debt Recovery Policy
Attachment
Orders
Bailiffs Code
of Practice
Statistical Analysis of Numbers and Bandings of
Dwellings in each area
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).