Letter: Council tax rise CRAVEN District Council is (proposing) raising its share of your council tax this year by £5 per annum for an average household. North Yorkshire County Council, with a much larger cost base, will be raising its share by £48 (nearly 10 times as much) (Council tax rise still ‘good value’, 11 February 2021). But what is an average household and is it paying its fair share? The Institute for Fiscal Studies tells us that the poorest 10 per cent of the population (even after taking into account council tax support for low income families) pay 8 per cent of their income in council tax, while the next 50 per cent pay 4-5 per cent and the richest 40 per cent pay only 2-3 per cent.