council tax 
noun [mass noun]
A tax levied on households by local authorities in Britain, based on the estimated value of a property and the number of people living in it.Do you think the current method using property values to calculate council tax is fair?...
- At the same time, the party is also proposing to replace council tax with a local income tax.
- Subject to a few defined exceptions, council tax is a local tax levied on every dwelling.