Council Tax: Surcharges

(asked on 26th November 2025) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the banding thresholds for the high value council tax surcharge will be uprated each year in line with changes to (a) inflation or (b) the house price index.


Answered by
Dan Tomlinson Portrait
Dan Tomlinson
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 4th December 2025

Properties will be revalued every 5 years and banding thresholds will be kept under review alongside the revaluations.

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