Fairer Council Tax: consultation analysis

Annex A: List of consultation questions

About You Questions

1. About you Question 1

[For individual respondents] Please tell us which local authority area(s) you live in.

[For organisational respondents] Please tell us which local authority area(s) your organisation operates in .

2. About you Question 2

If you pay Council Tax, please indicate which Council Tax band(s) apply to the property (or properties) for which you pay Council Tax:

Consultation Questions

1. Do you think that Council Tax in Scotland should be changed to apply increases to the tax on properties in Bands E, F, G, and H? [Yes/No/Don’t know]

Please give reasons for your answer.

2. The proposal is to increase the Council Tax on properties in Bands E, F, G and H by 7.5%, 12.5%, 17.5% and 22.5% respectively. Do you agree with the levels of increase set out in this proposal? [Yes/No/Don’t know]

3. If you have answered no to Question 2, what do you think the increases to the Council Tax on properties in Bands E, F, G and H should be? [The increases should be smaller/The increases should be greater/Don’t know]

4. If you have answered no to Question 2, what do you think the increases to the Council Tax on properties in Bands E, F, G and H should be? [Full effect from 2024-25/Phased-approach over two financial years (2024-25 and 2025-26)/Phased-approach over three financial years (2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27)/Other (Please state)]

5. Should the Council Tax Reduction scheme be expanded to protect those on lower incomes from any increases to higher band properties? [Yes/No/Don’t know]

6. Please tell us how changes to Council Tax rates for properties in Bands E, F, G and H might impact you, or the people your organisation represents?

7. Please tell us how you think changes to Council Tax rates for properties in Bands E, F, G and H would affect your local area, or Scotland as a whole (please consider social, economic, environment, community, cultural, enterprise impacts that you think are relevant)?

8. Please tell us how you think changes to Council Tax rates for properties in Bands E, F, G and H might affect Island Communities.

9. Do you think there would be any equality, human rights, or wellbeing impacts as a result of the proposed increases in Council Tax rates for properties in Bands E, F, G and H? [Yes/No/Don’t know]

Please tell us what you think these impacts would be.

Additional questions

Please help us improve our consultations by answering the questions below. (Responses to the evaluation will not be published.)

1. How satisfied were you with this consultation? [Very satisfied/Slightly satisfied/Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied/Slightly dissatisfied/Very unsatisfied]

Please express your comments here.

2. How would you rate your satisfaction with using this platform (Citizen Space) to respond to this consultation? [Very satisfied/Slightly satisfied/Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied/Slightly dissatisfied/Very unsatisfied]

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