Council Tax and its history -- Organisations and structures -- Property and management -- Administration and recovery of council Tax -- Council Tax payers -- Valuation lists and assessment -- Dispute resolution -- Additions or alternatives to Council Tax -- Appendices -- Indexes.

This volume written for those who have an involvement in property helps to define council tax in various contexts including: governmental and organisational policies and structures, roles and activities of the principal players, policies and practices of administration, assessment, dispute resolution, procedures for best value and performance assessment, dispute resolution, enforcement and counter-fraud practice, the history of local taxation and the search for additions or alternatives.