How your Council Tax is set for 2026/27
As a Council, we are legally required to set a balanced budget each year. That means the money we receive from the Scottish Government, Council Tax and other sources must meet the cost of delivering services and ongoing investment to protect and improve communities.
Our revenue budget has been set at £515m for 2026/27. The money comes from a number of sources, the most important of which is grants from Scottish Government. The chart below shows the various sources of the funding we will receive.
Sources of Funding
Figures in £'000.
How is your Council Tax spent?
The Scottish Government's assessment of the spending need for Falkirk Council is £6,372 for every house. The Council's proposed spending amounts to £6,652 per house. The chart below shows where our main areas of spending will be during 2026/27.
Total Net Expenditure per Service
Figures in £'000.
The Council Tax for a property valued at Band D will be £1,715.09 in the financial year 2026/27.
How your council tax is spent is illustrated below based on a Band D property’s Council Tax bill for 2026/27.
| - | 2026/2027 £'000 |
Change from previous year £'000 |
% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Gross Expenditure | 557,730 | 24,901 | 4.67 |
| Less: Fees and Charges | 42,785 | 1,868 | 4.57 |
| Total Net Expenditure | 514,945 | 23,033 | 4.68 |
| Net Expenditure allocated by Service | 2026/2027 Net Expenditure £'000 |
2026/2027 Capital Charges £'000 |
2026/2027 Total Net Expenditure £'000 |
Change from previous year £'000 |
% | Effect on Council Tax £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Services | 259,063 | - | 259,063 | 4,137 | 1.62 | 862.84 |
| Social Work Adult Services | 4,235 | - | 4,235 | 47 | 1.12 | 14.11 |
| Place Services | 40,741 | - | 40,741 | -759 | -1.83 | 135.69 |
| Transfrm, Comm & Corporate Services | 43,367 | - | 43,367 | 3,171 | 7.89 | 144.44 |
| Integration Joint Board | 147,812 | - | 147,812 | 11,037 | 8.07 | 492.31 |
| Joint Valuation Board | 1,615 | - | 1,615 | 41 | 2.6 | 5.38 |
| Capital Charges | - | 18,112 | 18112 | 5,359 | 42.02 | 60.32 |
| TOTAL | 496,833 | 18,112 | 514945 | 23,033 | 4.68 | 1715.09 |
| Financed by | £'000 |
|---|---|
| Government Grants | 336,589 |
| Non-Domestic Rates | 78,723 |
| Reserves Used | 675 |
| Service Concessions | 0 |
| Amount to be met by Council Tax | 98,958 |
| Yield of £1 Band D Council Tax | 57.7 |
| Band D Council Tax Present Year (2026/27) | 1,715.09 |
| Band D Council Tax Previous Year (2025/26) | 1,576.77 |
| Scottish Average Band D Council Tax (2025/26) (Notional Scottish Government figure excl. Water Charges) |
1,543 |
| Local Authority Employees | 2025/26 £'000 |
2026/2027 £'000 |
|---|---|---|
| (Budgeted full-time equivalent) | 6,420 | 6,439 |