jgharston wrote:
John Williamson wrote:
Tony Bryer wrote:
It seems lost on the average Mail reader that *on average*
a revaluation will not affect anyone's council tax, subject
to the revaluation not being used as an excuse to increase
spending.

Ah, but it *will* be used as that excuse. That's what Daily Mail
readers realise that some others don't want to admit.

Even though it's councils that set the tax take, not the Valuation
Office who do the valuations. If you have 60% of properties in
Band A before the revaluation, you'll have 60% of properties in
Band A afterwards. It's up to the council to decide that Band A
should pay £900 instead of £800.

Plus the insanity that the bands are the same across the whole
country! 60% of Sheffield is in Band A. 95% of Westminster is
in Band H. Banding should be on a council-wide basis, as the
tax is raised on a council-wide basis.

Based on Land "values", not the building, it is automatically scalable.