Council tax bands in Highland 2026-27
Band D council tax in Highland is £1,633.99 a year in 2026-27, about £163.40 a month over 10 payments.
Every band in Highland
Council tax in Highland runs from £1,089.33 a year for Band A to £4,003.28 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,089.33 | £108.93 | £90.78 | £817.00 |
| Band B | £1,270.88 | £127.09 | £105.91 | £953.16 |
| Band C | £1,452.44 | £145.24 | £121.04 | £1,089.33 |
| Band D | £1,633.99 | £163.40 | £136.17 | £1,225.49 |
| Band E | £2,146.88 | £214.69 | £178.91 | £1,610.16 |
| Band F | £2,655.23 | £265.52 | £221.27 | £1,991.42 |
| Band G | £3,199.90 | £319.99 | £266.66 | £2,399.93 |
| Band H | £4,003.28 | £400.33 | £333.61 | £3,002.46 |
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How bands work: every band is a fixed fraction of Band D, set in law (Band A is 240/360 of Band D and Band H 882/360), rounded here to the penny. A home's band comes from its value on 1 April 1991: Band A up to £27,000, Band H over £212,000. Payments are the yearly charge divided by 10 or 12. Other bands may differ by a penny from your council's table because of how councils round.
Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax datasets: Council Tax by band 2026-27, published 31 March 2026.
Homes by band in Highland
The most common band in Highland is Band C (20% of homes). These are shares of all 125,860 homes on the list, not the band of any one home: a home's own band is on Scottish Assessors.
| Band | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| Band A | 15.4% |
| Band B | 18.9% |
| Band C | 20.2% |
| Band D | 16.8% |
| Band E | 16.3% |
| Band F | 8.2% |
| Band G | 3.9% |
| Band H | 0.3% |
Compared with the Scottish average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (34%, against 42%) and about the same share in Band F and above (12%, against 14%).
Source: National Records of Scotland, Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2025: dwelling estimates by 2022 Data Zone (2025 sheet, Scottish Assessors' Portal data), published 30 July 2026.
Water and waste water charges
The figures on this page exclude Scottish Water's water and waste water charges, as the Scottish Government's table does.
How council tax in Highland has changed
Band D went up by £106.90 (7.0%), from £1,527.09 in 2025-26 to £1,633.99 in 2026-27.
| Year | Band D | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | £1,427.18 | Scottish Government, 31 March 2026 |
| 2024-25 | £1,427.19 | Scottish Government, 31 March 2026 |
| 2025-26 | £1,527.09 | Scottish Government |
| 2026-27 | £1,633.99 | Scottish Government, 31 March 2026 |
Band D in Highland is £19.58 a year below the Scottish average of £1,653.57, and its 7.0% rise this year was smaller than most Scottish councils (Scottish average: 7.1%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 14.5%, less than the Scottish average rise of 16.6%.
Band D in Highland is the 12th lowest of 32 councils in Scotland, ranked by the Band D figure on each council's page.
Averages are weighted by number of homes and use each council's Band D as shown on its page.
Highland and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Moray | £1,731.14 |
| Aberdeenshire | £1,686.04 |
| Perth and Kinross | £1,673.84 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | £1,505.50 |
| Angus | £1,598.65 |
| Argyll and Bute | £1,783.33 |
Similar Scottish councils
Other Scottish councils closest in size to Highland (125,860 people).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | People |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | £1,747.54 | 126,884 |
| South Lanarkshire | £1,468.47 | 161,148 |
| North Lanarkshire | £1,554.56 | 161,985 |
| Renfrewshire | £1,690.56 | 92,177 |
Band D as shown on each council's page: the basic charge, or where no home pays that alone, Band D including special expenses or the average including parish charges. Similar councils are the same type of council, nearest in population.
Finding a home's band
Each home's band is set by Scotland's assessors. You can look up any home's band on Scottish Assessors.
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