Council tax setting newspaper notices
Every billing authority in England must publish its council tax amounts in a local newspaper each year. Start a guided record so the draft, source file and route confirmation stay together before artwork, quote or payment.
Guided specialist route
Start a guided council tax notice draft
Enter the facts or upload your existing notice. The draft appears in Applications and its source stays in Documents while Gazetted confirms the statutory route before artwork, quote, publication booking or payment.
- Tailored checklist and next task
- Source documents kept with the matter
- Route review before publication-ready artwork
Starting a draft does not place a notice or take payment.
The council-tax-setting workflow
Save the resolution and source figures before assisted reconciliation.
The current artwork can omit parish or town rows from displayed totals. Keep the annual draft organised, then pause before artwork, quotation, application creation or payment for a figures check.
How this service works
What Gazetted helps you do from source document to organised record
Build or upload
Enter or extract the billing authority, setting date, financial year, precepting bodies and Band A–H amounts.
Check the source figures
Gazetted flags missing draft values and keeps the 21-day publication period visible, but does not release publication artwork before the totals are reconciled.
Request assisted review
Save the draft and contact Gazetted so the band, area and parish or town precept figures can be checked before a quote or application.
Keep the annual record
After figures approval, track resolution and publication tasks in Applications, with the source table, artwork and publisher evidence in Documents.
Gazetted prompts for the details this workflow needs and flags missing required fields. You remain responsible for the application, the selected publication route and any legal or professional review.
Exact portal example — live tasks adapt to the subtype and route.
The legal requirement
Under section 38(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, a billing authority that has set amounts under section 30 must publish a notice of those amounts in at least one newspaper circulating in its area before the end of the 21-day period beginning with the setting day.
The notice must set out the relevant basic amount of council tax and the amounts for each valuation band (A through H). Where different amounts apply in different parts of the area due to parish or special expense precepts, each variation must be shown.
This is a universal annual obligation for billing authorities in England. Billing authorities publish the consolidated notice including all precept amounts; major precepting authorities such as county councils, PCCs, and fire authorities do not place a separate s.38(2) newspaper notice. Section 38(3) provides that failure to publish does not affect the validity of the council tax amounts set, but the publication duty itself remains statutory.
Key points
- Every billing authority in England must publish annually
- Must show amounts for all valuation bands A to H
- Published within 21 days of the setting day (LGFA 1992 s.38(2))
- Publication certificate provides evidence of compliance
What you receive
Everything you need to demonstrate compliance, delivered to your portal.
Proof PDF
A typeset proof of your notice for approval before publication.
Publication certificate
Confirming publication date, newspaper name, and notice content.
VAT invoice
Available in your portal immediately after payment.
Guided route
Start the record without payment. Gazetted confirms the council tax publication route, artwork and quote before any booking.
No publication booking or payment during draft review
Frequently asked questions
Ready to organise the council tax notice record?
Start from the authority wording or upload the source document. The route is checked before artwork, quote, booking or payment.
Guided specialist route
Start a guided council tax notice draft
Enter the facts or upload your existing notice. The draft appears in Applications and its source stays in Documents while Gazetted confirms the statutory route before artwork, quote, publication booking or payment.
- Tailored checklist and next task
- Source documents kept with the matter
- Route review before publication-ready artwork
Starting a draft does not place a notice or take payment.