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Your Council Tax Guide

In this section

  1. Foreword from the leader
  2. Your Council Tax in action
  3. What you need to know
  4. Council Tax demand notice explanatory notes
  5. Exempt dwellings – For which no Council Tax Is payable for the period of exemption
  6. Section 13A – Local Government Finance Act 1992
  7. Adult Social Care Precept 2026/27
  8. Council Tax band values
  9. You are here: How we worked out your Council Tax
  10. How the Council's net revenue budget is funded
  11. How this year's budget compares to last year's budget
  12. Why the Council's budget has changed between 2025/26 and 2026/27
  13. How the Council spends its net revenue budget in 2026/27
  14. Levies and Precepts
  15. Parish Council precepts
  16. Parish Council expenditure

How we worked out your Council Tax

  2025/26
£m
2026/27
£m
Amount for each person in 2026/27 (based on population of 276,595)
The Council’s Net Revenue Budget 358.978 394.259 1,425.40
       
Business Rate Top Up and other Grants 38.109 39.288 142.04
RSG 19.347 78.513 283.86
Public Health Grant 19.420 22.681 82.00
Other Government Grants 83.807 44.344 160.32
Retained Business Rates 57.613 60.841 219.96
Collection Fund Surplus 3.000 4.200 15.18
Total Funding 221.296 249.867 903.37
Council Tax Requirement (£m) 137.682 144.392 522.03
Council Tax Base for Rotherham Council 73,602 74,256  
Band D Equivalent RMBC (£) 1,870.63 1,944.52  

Add:

South Yorkshire Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept (£)

19,507,493 20,794,575 75.18
Band D Equivalent SPCC (£) 265.04 280.04  

Add:

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority (£)

6,627,866 7,058,007 25.52
Band D Equivalent SYFRA (£) 90.05 95.05  
Grand Total Band D Equivalent (£) 2,225.72 2,319.61  
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