The Scottish Government planned to bring forward legislation to replace the council tax with a local income tax (LIT), as part of the funding for Scottish local authorities.
Different proposals to abolish council tax formed part of the manifestos of the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats during the Scottish Parliament general election of May 2007. The SNP version involves the centralised distribution of funds raised from the new ta...
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