What we can't tell you · Fragmented

How much tax is raised in total, including council tax and business rates?

Fragmented The data exists but is held by many authorities separately, with no national compilation; coverage has to be tracked authority by authority.

Why

HMRC's receipts tables cover only the taxes HMRC collects. Council tax is collected by local authorities and reported by MHCLG (England), the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and, as domestic rates, the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland. Business rates are reported the same way. The ONS public sector finances give a whole-economy receipts total but not by tax at the same detail as HMRC. There is no single official table listing every tax raised in the UK with its yield for the same year.

What is known

HMRC receipts by tax, financial years
Central government current receipts, monthly (ONS public sector finances) central_government_receipts
Council tax levels set in England (MHCLG)

What is not known

Council tax and business rates collected, by nation, on the same basis and year as HMRC receipts
Devolved Scottish income tax and Welsh rates shown alongside HMRC's UK figures

Who holds the data

HM Revenue and Customs
Office for National Statistics
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)

Would a Freedom of Information request help?

Unlikely. Each component is published; the gap is that no authority combines them.

Privacy and disclosure restrictions

None.

Official sources checked

Last reviewed 2026-09-03. Availability changes; if a publication now answers this question, challenge the classification below.