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Council Tax Charges

Council Tax charges for Eastbourne are set by East Sussex County Council, East Sussex Fire Authority, Eastbourne Borough Council and the Sussex Police Authority.

Total Council Tax Charges for 2008/2009 are:

Band values and charges:
BAND 2007/2008

2008/2009

A £965.25 £1004.22
B £1,126.13 £1171.59
C £1,287.00 £1338.96
D £1,447.88 £1506.33
E £1,769.63 £1841.07
F £2,091.39 £2175.81
G £2,413.13 £2510.55
H £2,895.76 £3012.66

 The tables below show the charges made by each authority for each tax band.

 The abbreviations in the tables stand for:

 EBC - Eastbourne Borough Council

ESCC - East Sussex County Council

SPA - Sussex Police Authority

ESFA - East Sussex Fire Authority

Council Tax Charges for 2008/2009

The table below shows the charges made by each authority for each tax band.

BAND

EBC Tax

ESCC Tax

SPA Tax

ESFA Tax

TOTAL TAX

A £141.05 £726.00 £85.80 £51.37 £1004.22
B £164.55 £847.00 £100.10 £59.94 £1,171.59
C £188.06 £968.00 £114.40 £68.50 £1,338.96
D £211.57 £1,089.00 £128.70 £77.06 £1,506.33
E £258.59 £1,331.00 £157.30 £94.18 £1,841.07
F £305.60 £1,573.00 £185.90 £111.31 £2,175.81
G £352.62 £1,815.00 £214.50 £128.43 £2,510.55
H £423.14 £2,178.00 £257.40 £154.12 £3,012.66

Charge Increase

This table shows how much the Council Tax has increased from 2007/2008, broken down by authority.

BAND

EBC Tax

ESCC Tax

SPA Tax

ESFA Tax

Total tax increase from 2007/2008

A £5.17 £27.54 £4.02 £2.24

£38.97

B £6.02 £32.13 £4.69 £2.62

£45.46

C £6.89 £36.72 £5.36 £2.99

£51.96

D £7.75 £41.31 £6.03 £3.36

£58.45

E £9.48 £50.49 £7.37 £4.10

£71.44

F £11.19 £59.67 £8.71 £4.85

£84.42

G £12.92 £68.85 £10.05 £5.60

£97.42

H £15.50 £82.62 £12.06 £6.72

£116.90

Our Charge

Our charge is determined by our budget. We set our budget every year and the expenditures we have must be met jointly by the Government, business rate payers and council tax payers.

 This table shows how much of the budget is obtained through government grants, business rates and council tax.

 

07/08

   

08/09

   
 

Per Person

%

Total

£'000

Per Person

%

Total

£'000

Total Budget Requirement £188.22 100% £17,486 £188.76 100% 17,913
Financed by:            
Business Rates Payers  £93.41  50%  £8,678 £95.15 50% 9,030
Government Grants £15.67  8%  £1,456 £13.25 7% 1,257
Total from Government £109.08  58%  £10,134 £108.40 57% 10,287
             
Council Tax Deficit (£1.31)   (1%)  (£122) (£2.04) (1%) (194)
Council Tax  £80.45  43%  £7,474 £82.40 44% 7,820
Total from Council Tax Payers  £79.14  42% £7,352 £80.36 43%  7,626
Council Tax Leaflet 2008
Council Tax Leaflet 2008 - [1.23 MB] Find out more about your Council Tax for 2008-2009