Council Tax
Council Tax helps to pay for the services provided by Maidstone
Borough Council, Kent County Council, the Kent Police Authority and
Kent Fire and Rescue Service.
The amount of Council Tax you have to pay is shown on your
bill.
You can
set up a Direct Debit to pay your Council Tax bill or
You can pay your Council Tax bill online.
View the
Summary of Maidstone Borough Council Revenue Budget (March
2013).
The amount you pay depends on which band your property it
falls into, the number of people aged 18 or over who live
there and in some cases the individual circumstances of the people
who live there.
There may also be an additional charge if you live in one of the
parishes that form part of the Maidstone area, if the Parish
Council has decided that an additional amount is required to meet
additional expenditure by the Parish.
The council also receives money in the way of grants from
Government, from Business (or Non-Domestic) Rates and for charges
for a range of services offered by the council. Income from these
sources is not enough to meet the total cost of providing services
and the difference is made up by the council tax charges paid by
local residents.
To check the council tax band for your property, please put your
postcode in the box below and click on the ‘search’ button.
Pages in this section:
Useful documents
Application
form for a Discount
About Pre-Tenancy
Determinations
Advice
for Homeowners - sale and rent back
Appointee application
Form
Authority
to Discuss Form with Landlord/Agent
Authority
to Discuss Form with Third Party
Backdating Leaflet
Certificate of
Earnings
Change of Bank
Details Form
Combined
Council Tax Leaflet, County, Police, Fire and MBC (2012/13)
Combined Council
Tax Leaflet, County, Police, Fire and MBC (2011/12)
Combined
Council Tax Leaflet, County, Police, Fire and MBC (2010/11)
Combined Council Tax Leaflet,
County, Police, Fire and MBC (2009/10)
Disabled persons application
form
Discretionary Housing Payment
Form
Discretionary Housing
Payment Leaflet
Housing and
Council Tax Benefit Claim Form
Pre-Tenancy
Determination Application Form
Payment to Landlord/Third
Party Request Form
Supporting
Documents List
What to do if you disagree
with a decision
Council tax and data protection
Maidstone Borough Council takes its obligations under the Data
Protection Legislation very seriously and will not disclose
information to any unauthorised person. Information may be shared
with other services within the Council or disclosed to
other Local and Public Authorities or Government agencies that have
a legitimate reason to request the disclosure. The Council is under
a duty to protect the public funds that it administers and to this
end, it may use the information that you have provided for the
prevention and detection of crime and / or fraud. It may also share
this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or
administering public funds for these purposes. If you wish to
know more about the uses to which the information may be put by the
Council please contact the council's
Head of Finance.