Council Tax

Moving Home - what to do!

Whether you are moving into, out of, or within the Maidstone Borough Council's area, all you need to do is email us or phone us with the details.

Please advise us of the following details for ANY property that is in the Maidstone area:

Your full name details:
The date you will move;
The date the property is / was / will be vacated (if different);
The full address of where you are moving from;
The full address of where you are moving to;
The names of any other person affected by the move (i.e. the person you are buying the property from and / or the person who is buying your property);
Your solicitor's details (and those of the other parties' (if known)).

We will update the accounts, usually within 5 working days and send out any appropriate revised or new accounts as required.

Contact the council tax team:

If you have any queries or requests for information that you may require about the Council Tax service provided by Maidstone Borough, you can contact us:

By email: counciltax@maidstone.gov.uk
By telephone: 01622 602003
By post: Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ

Council Tax and Data Protection

Maidstone Borough Council takes its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation very seriously and will not disclose information to any unauthorised person. Information may be shared with other services within the Council or disclosed to other Local and Public Authorities or Government agencies that have a legitimate reason to request the disclosure. The Council is under a duty to protect the public funds that it administers and to this end, it may use the information that you have provided for the prevention and detection of crime and / or fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes. If you wish to know more about the uses to which the information may be put by the Council please contact the Assistant Director of Customer Services.