Council tax expenditure receipts
We do not respond to requests for receipts for council tax expenditure.
Whilst you pay your council tax bill to us, we only keep 9% of what you pay and distribute the rest (91%) to other service providers:
- 71% of what you pay goes to Staffordshire County Council - this year the county council increased their charge by 4.99%. Read the county council's council tax leaflet online .
- 13% goes to Staffordshire Commissioner (police and crime) - this year the commissioner increased their charge by 4.83%.
- 4% goes to Staffordshire Commissioner (fire and rescue) - this year the commissioner increased their charge by 4.85%.
- 3% (on average) goes to your local parish council.
We do not hold records of how the 91% of funding we pass to other service providers is spent. Please contact these service providers directly for more information on how they spend the council tax they receive.
We publish a wide range of information about how the 9% of council tax we retain is spent locally.
This includes:
- Our annual council tax leaflet - this includes information on which services we spend money on, as well as the income we generate to support services.
- Our open data website includes finance data sets that detail spending above £500.
- We also provide regular reports to our Audit & Member Standards Committee outlining expenditure and the financial position of Lichfield District Council - papers taken to this committee are published and viewable online.
We do not hold literal receipts for every single payment made within the authority, there are a number of different payment methods and therefore this information is not held.