Council Tax
Council Tax is a compulsory charge on domestic properties, both owned and rented, and is set by councils to raise funds for providing essential local services. Anyone who is over 18 who owns or rents their home has to pay council tax.
Council Tax email scam
We're aware that some residents have received emails claiming to be from the council, telling them that they're behind with their Council Tax and providing a link to check their payments. This is a scam and the emails have not been sent by us.
We do send emails and texts to residents who are behind with their Council Tax payments but we only ever send:
- emails from council.tax@stockport.gov.uk
- texts from Stockport BC
Emails and texts sent by us will ask residents to visit the council website to make a paymentâ .