Council Tax Collection Costs And Alternatives

EDM number 1662 in 2008-09, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 15/06/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Taxation.

That this House notes that council tax is 74 per cent. more expensive than income tax to administer, and that aligning council tax and income tax collection could save the public purse approximately £200 million per year; further notes that many pensioners and families on low incomes are disadvantaged by the current structure of council tax; and calls on the Government to engage in a national debate and provide a detailed assessment of a wide range of alternatives to council tax in its current form.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.