Introduction
Your council tax pays for essential local services in your community such as schools, libraries, police and rubbish collection. Council tax is charged on all residential properties in England. One council tax bill is sent to each property, however many people live there.
Your bill is made up of charges set by:
- Somerset Council
- With an additional precept to help fund adult social care precept
- Somerset Council’s charge includes a sum paid to the Somerset Rivers Authority
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset
- Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
- Local parish councils
Where a town or parish council sets a budget of more than £140,000 a year, we must show details of their expenditure plans. This applies to the following parishes and town councils:
- Bridgwater
- Bruton
- Burnham on Sea and Highbridge
- Castle Cary
- Chard Town
- Cheddar
- Crewkerne Town
- Frome
- Glastonbury
- Ilminster Town
- Martock
- Minehead
- North Petherton
- Shepton Mallet
- Somerton
- South Petherton
- St Cuthbert
- Street
- Taunton
- Watchet
- Wellington
- Wells
- Wincanton Town
- Yeovil Town
Taunton Parish Council
If you live in Taunton, your bill includes a precept for the new Taunton Parish Council. As this is a brand-new precept, we are unable to show a percentage change figure on the front of your bill. The percentage change between the overall Council Tax charge for your property for last year and this year is shown below. The percentage change will vary according to which parish / area your property was in last year. The amounts shown below relate to a property in band D, but the percentage change is the same across all of the Council Tax bands A to H.
Former parish | Parish precept for Band D property 2022/23 | Total charge for Band D property for 2022/23 | Taunton Town parish charge for Band D property 2023/24 | Total charge for Band D property 2023/24 | Percentage increase for the total charge 2023/24 |
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Staplegrove | £16.37 | £1,927.99 | £109.67 | £2,118.70 | 9.9% |
Bishops Hull | £29.16 | £1,940.78 | £109.67 | £2,118.70 | 9.1% |
Comeytrowe | £12.06 | £1,923.68 | £109.67 | £2,118.70 | 10.1% |
Trull | £28.50 | £1,940.12 | £109.67 | £2,118.70 | 9.2% |
Cheddon Fitzpaine | £40.97 | £1,952.59 | £109.67 | £2,118.70 | 8.5% |
West Monkton | £30.34 | £1,941.96 | £109.67 | £2,118.70 | 9.1% |
The unparished area | £5.78 | £1,917.40 | £109.67 | £2,118.70 | 10.5% |
Average | £23.31 | £1,934.93 | £109.67 | £2,118.70 | 9.5% |
For properties previously in the unparished area now in Bishops Hull:
Unparished area precept for Band D property 2022/23 | Total charge for Band D property for 2022/23 | Bishops Hull parish charge for Band D property 2023/24 | Total charge for Band D property 2023/24 | Percentage increase for the total charge 2023/24 |
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£5.78 | £1,917.40 | £30.19 | £2,039.22 | 6.4% |
For properties previously in Staplegrove now in Kingston St Mary:
Staplegrove precept for Band D property 2022/23 | Total charge for Band D property for 2022/23 | Kingston St Mary parish charge for Band D property 2023/24 | Total charge for Band D property 2023/24 | Percentage increase for the total charge 2023/24 |
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£16.37 | £1,927.99 | £28.89 | £2,037.92 | 5.7% |