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Scottish Government · Band D council tax rates by year, 1996-97 onwards (Scottish Government)

Band D council tax in Scotland

Year ending March 2027 Final

£1,653a year

Band D council tax in Scotland was £1,653 in the year ending March 2027, up 7.1% (£110) from £1,543 in the year ending March 2026.

▲ 7.1% · +£110 against Year ending March 2026 (previous period)

  1. Scottish Government count
  2. Year ending March 2027
  3. published 31 March 2026
  4. Band D council tax by council area
  5. row “Scotland”
  6. column “2026-27”
  7. cell value 1653.4424642167396

Year ending March 2027 is the highest figure in the published series: £1,653. Rule: highest of the 31 periods published here (Year ending March 1997 to Year ending March 2027).

Year ending March 1997 to Year ending March 2027

Band D council tax in Scotland: Year ending March 1997 to Year ending March 2027ConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour£0£500£1k£2k200020102020Year ending March 1997: £708 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 1998: £783 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 1999: £827 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2000: £849 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2001: £886 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2002: £929 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2003: £971 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2004: £1,009 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2005: £1,053 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2006: £1,094 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2007: £1,129 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2008: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2009: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2010: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2011: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2012: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2013: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2014: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2015: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2016: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2017: £1,149 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2018: £1,173 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2019: £1,208 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2020: £1,251 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2021: £1,308 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2022: £1,308 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2023: £1,347 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2024: £1,417 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2025: £1,418 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2026: £1,543 £ a year · published 31 March 2026Year ending March 2027: £1,653 £ a year · published 31 March 2026
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What this measures

The council tax set for a Band D dwelling by each Scottish council for the financial year, as reported to the Scottish Government on the Council Tax Assumptions return, excluding the water and sewerage charges Scottish Water bills alongside it.

What this doesn’t measure

The bill on any particular dwelling: most dwellings are not in Band D, single-person discounts and the Council Tax Reduction scheme lower many bills, and water and sewerage charges are additional. It is not comparable with the English Band D figure, which includes police, fire and parish precepts.

Important caveat

Scottish councils set council tax under a different system from England's. The figure is the Band D rate the council set for the year, as reported to the Scottish Government, and it excludes the water and sewerage charges Scottish Water bills alongside it, which add a few hundred pounds a year. Most dwellings are not in Band D: bands A to C pay less and E to H more, and single-person discounts and the Council Tax Reduction scheme lower what many households actually pay. Scottish rates were frozen by agreement between the Scottish Government and councils for most years between 2007-08 and 2016-17, and again in 2021-22 and 2024-25, so long runs of unchanged figures are the policy, not missing data. This figure is not comparable with the English Band D figure, which includes police, fire and parish precepts.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
Scottish Government
Publication
Band D council tax rates by year, 1996-97 onwards (Scottish Government)
Release
Council tax datasets: Band D council tax rates by year, 1996-97 to 2026-27, published 31 March 2026
Source file
band-d-council-tax-1996-97-to-2026-27.xlsx
File SHA-256
4e56c333178733c63d8729608740fbf7bf3b3d62ae58c3ad9ea297ad8188cf16
Retrieved
3 September 2026
Sheet
Av. Band D 1996-97 to 2026-27
Table
Band D council tax by council area
Row
Scotland
Column
2026-27
Cell value
1653.4424642167396
Geography
S92000003
Unit
£ a year
API
/api/metrics/council_tax_band_d_scotland · /series · /vintages

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–£1,417Year ending March 2024£1,653Year ending March 2027↑ 16.7%
Conservative 2019–2024£1,208Year ending March 2019£1,417Year ending March 2024↑ 17.3%
Conservative 2017–2019£1,149Year ending March 2017£1,208Year ending March 2019↑ 5.2%
Conservative 2015–2017£1,149Year ending March 2015£1,149Year ending March 2017↑ 0.0%
Coalition 2010–2015£1,149Year ending March 2010£1,149Year ending March 2015↓ 0.0%
Labour 2005–2010£1,053Year ending March 2005£1,149Year ending March 2010↑ 9.1%
Labour 2001–2005£886Year ending March 2001£1,053Year ending March 2005↑ 18.9%
Labour 1997–2001£708Year ending March 1997£886Year ending March 2001↑ 25.2%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Council tax datasets: Band D council tax rates by year, 1996-97 to 2026-27 · publication page
Last updated
31 March 2026
Next release expected
Not yet announced (estimated from the usual cadence)