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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 2025/26
  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 2024/25 And 2025/26
  13. How the Council Spends Its Net Revenue Budget in 2025/26
  14. Levies And Precepts
  15. Parish Council Precepts
  16. Parish Council Expenditure

How We Worked Out Your Council Tax

  2024/25 £'m 2025/26 £'m Amount for each person in 2025/26 (based on population of 271,195)
£
The Councils Net Revenue Budget 326.054 358.978 1,323.69
       
Business Rate Top Up and other Grants 37.464 38.109 140.52
RSG 18.824 19.347 71.34
Public Health Grant 18.142 19.420 71.61
Other Government Grants 57.624 83.807 309.03
Retained Business Rates 58.657 57.613 212.44
Collection Fund Surplus 3.000 3.000 11.06
Total Funding 193.711 221.296 816.00
Council Tax Requirement (£m) 132.343 137.682 507.69
Council Tax Base for Rotherham Council 72,871 73,602  
BAND D EQUIVALENT RMBC (£) 1,816.15 1,870.63  
Add:
South Yorkshire Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept (£)
18,293,410 19,507,493 71.93
BAND D EQUIVALENT SPCC (£) 251.04 265.04  
Add:
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority (£)
6,197,636 6,627,866 24.44
BAND D EQUIVALENT SYFRA (£) 85.05 90.05  
GRAND TOTAL BAND D EQUIVALENT (£) 2,152.24 2,225.72  
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