alexxe wrote:If council tax is based on the value of your house, how does that work if you're renting a flat in a building of flats or a flat in a house? Also, I guess you get a monthly bill?
then it's still based (roughly) on the value of the property, and is to be payed for by whoever lives there - you don't have to actually own the property. if you're sharing a flat, then the tax bill is made out to all the tenants, i.e. you split the bill between you. it starts to get complicated if some of them are students or otherwise not required to pay all/some of the council tax.
and yes, it's monthly bill, although for some reason in Glasgow they spread it across 10 months instead of 12. I think the average is Band D