Council Tax

Council Tax is an important source of funding for your council.

It helps us to:

• raise standards of education;
• protect local communitites;
• care for vulnerable people and elderly people;
• improve the environment of our towns, villages and countryside; and
• support and develop businesses.

With your help, we aim to make West Lothian a better place to live, work and raise a family.  

How to register to pay Council Tax - complete and return a Council Tax Enquiry Form. These are available from your local Council Information Service centre or from the Revenues Unit. Alternatively you can e-mail your details to counciltax@westlothian.gov.uk. 

To decide who is responsible to pay the Council Tax in the household the council will refer to a list. The person(s) who come first in the list are those who are liable to pay the Council Tax.  

1.  Resident owner
2.  Resident tenant 
3.  Resident sub tenant
4.  Resident 
5.  Non resident sub tenant 
6.  Non resident tenant 
7.  Non resident owner

Couples who are married, civil partners or living together are responsible, jointly and individually, for paying for Council Tax even if their names are not on the bill.

Joint owners or tenants are also responsible, jointly and individually, for paying the Council Tax even if their names are not on the bill.

You can appeal against the decision that you are responsible for paying Council Tax. You must continue to pay your Council Tax until we have made a decision on your appeal. Please write to Revenues and Benefits Manager, Revenues Unit, St David House, South Bridge Street, Bathgate, EH48 1TT.