Council Tax Rebanding Calculator
The classic MoneySavingExpert-style check: work back from today's value to an estimated 1991 valuation, and see whether your Council Tax band looks right, before you challenge it.
Illustrative estimate only. This calculator gives an illustrative estimate only, not a valuation or legal advice. Council Tax band challenges are decided by the Valuation Office Agency (England), see gov.uk for the official process.
Enter today's estimated value
Your implied 1991 valuation and band appear here.
Why Council Tax still uses 1991 values
England's Council Tax bands were set in 1993, based on what each home was worth on 1 April 1991, homes have never been revalued since. Because prices have grown very differently by region since then, some homes ended up in the wrong band from the start, and some have changed enough (extensions, knock-throughs) to arguably belong in a different band today. This calculator estimates your 1991 value by dividing today's value by a rough regional growth multiplier, then checks which of the eight bands (A to H) that value would have fallen into. It's a starting point for the well-known MoneySavingExpert-style check, not a valuation, the VOA's own records and your neighbours' bands are the real evidence.
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