Council tax Your bill explained
This year, your council tax will be spent as follows:
- Shropshire Council spending breakdown
- Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Service spending breakdown
- West Mercia Police precept information
- Adult social care precept information
View the individual council tax charges by town/parish for 2024/2025.
Attached to this page are the full valuation list as maintained by the Valuation Office Agency (HMRC) for the Shropshire Council area, together with a summary of the banding totals.
E-billing customers
Please find electronic copies of the council tax explanatory notes under ‘Related documents’.
Where there are two or more liable parties we can only send one e-bill. We'll send the e-bill to the email address of the liable party who provides the email address or, where one or more liable party have provided an email address for e-billing, the e-bill will be e-mailed to the first name shown on the council tax bill.
Properties by band
Number of properties in each band in the Shropshire council area, as at 31 December 2023:
- A - 27,253
- B - 38,568
- C - 31,415
- D - 21,860
- E - 17,413
- F - 9,278
- G - 4,801
- H - 357
How is council tax calculated?
Council tax is a daily charge, and therefore a council tax payer is charged for the number of days in the year that they're liable at the property.
If this is for the full financial year, they have to pay the full council tax for the year. For example, a resident living in a band D property in Shrewsbury for the whole financial year has to pay the full year's charge for a Shrewsbury band D property, which for 2024-25 is £3,179.21.
If a resident moves out of a property they'll be charged for the number of days that they're liable. So, for a band D property in Shrewsbury if a resident moves out of a property on 31 May 2024 they'll be charged for 61 days (unless they remain liable and responsible for the property as the owner) and they'll be charged £531.32 council tax for the 2024-25 financial year (3,179.21/365 days X 61 days = £531.32).
If a resident moves into a property and becomes liable part way through the year, they'll be responsible to pay for the number of days that they're liable in the financial year. For example, if someone moves into a band D property in Shrewsbury on 1 June 2024, they'll have to pay council tax for the period 1 June 2024 to 31 March 2025, which is 304 days in the financial year. They will therefore be charged £2,647.89 council tax for the 2024-25 financial year (£3,179.21/365 days X 304 days = £2,647.89).
How are my instalments calculated?
Most people pay council tax over ten months under the council tax statutory instalment scheme, which is set out in the regulations, although residents can now request to pay council tax over twelve months.
The council tax bill must be issued at least 14 days before the date of the first instalment.
Where a bill is issued after 1 May in the financial year, the number of instalments is the number of complete months remaining in the financial year, less one.
So if a bill is issued on 10 May the instalments will run from 1 June to 1 February, and March becomes the ‘less one’ month.
However, if a council tax bill is issued on 20 May the instalments will run from 1 July through to 1 March 2024 as there isn’t enough time to issue the bill to pick up a June instalment and give the 14 days’ notice required, and therefore June becomes the ‘less one’ month.
Need more help?
If you have any queries about your bill, please contact us.