POLL TAX - COUNCIL TAX COMPARISON
A town/district council requires £75,000,000 to fund the services it is by law required to provide.

The population of the town/district is 75,000 of whom 40,000 appear on the electoral role

According to the most up to date information there are 25,000 households in the town/district.

Therefore:
•        Number enjoying the benefit of the services provided by the council = 75,000
•        Number who would contribute to the required amount under Poll Tax = 40,000
•        Number who would contribute to required amount under Council Tax = 25,000

Council Tax Bill = £75,000,000 / 25,000 = £3000 with only one third of the population paying for the services enjoyed by 75,000 people.

Poll Tax Bill = £75,000,000 / 40,000 = £1875 with all those of voting age, 53% of the population paying for the services enjoyed by 75,000 people.

So under the Council Tax Scheme there are 15,000 people, voting, wage-earners or pensioners living in that district who take full benefit of the services provided by the Council who vote and have a say in what gets done, who do not contribute a penny. That seem fair to you Stigweard.

"This means someone earning £60k a year pays the same as someone earning £15k a year"

That is an irrelevance are costs of anything else determined upon what people earn - a £15 taxi ride is the same irrespective on what you earn.