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Council Tax

In 2014/15 roughly 6% of Council tax paid by residents in Hertford was spent by your Town Council. The remainder went to the County and District Councils and the Police Authority.

During the year the Town Council received grant support from central governemt in the form of New Homes Bonus amounting to £153,293 and a grant to mitigate the effect of Localisation of Council Tax Support amounting to £41,998. All our income is raised through grants, charges for services, interest from investments and council tax. The chart below summarises how we spent our budget. In 2014/2015 this amounted to £1,334,959.