Scottish Borders council tax
Here is council tax in Scottish Borders for 2026/27, band by band, with the average Band D charge of £1,618.52 as the starting point. Each band in Scottish Borders is shown as a yearly bill and as monthly payments.
| Band | A year | A month (10 instalments) | A month (12 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a year | Single person discount (25%) a month (10 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a month (12 instalments) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,079.01 | £107.90 | £89.92 | £809.26 | £80.93 | £67.44 |
| Band B | £1,258.85 | £125.89 | £104.90 | £944.14 | £94.41 | £78.68 |
| Band C | £1,438.68 | £143.87 | £119.89 | £1,079.01 | £107.90 | £89.92 |
| Band D | £1,618.52 | £161.85 | £134.88 | £1,213.89 | £121.39 | £101.16 |
| Band E | £2,126.56 | £212.66 | £177.21 | £1,594.92 | £159.49 | £132.91 |
| Band F | £2,630.10 | £263.01 | £219.18 | £1,972.58 | £197.26 | £164.38 |
| Band G | £3,169.60 | £316.96 | £264.13 | £2,377.20 | £237.72 | £198.10 |
| Band H | £3,965.37 | £396.54 | £330.45 | £2,974.03 | £297.40 | £247.84 |
Set against the other councils, Scottish Borders comes out as the 25th highest of the 32 councils in Scotland.
Council tax is usually split into 10 monthly payments, which makes £161.85 a month at Band D in Scottish Borders. You can ask Scottish Borders for 12 payments instead, and the table gives that monthly figure too.
Homes in Scottish Borders pay according to the band they are placed in. The lower bands pay a set fraction of £1,618.52, and the higher bands pay a set multiple of it.
Someone living alone in Scottish Borders can apply for the single person discount, as can someone whose fellow residents are not counted for council tax. The discount column shows what the bill in Scottish Borders would then be for each band.
A council tax bill in Scottish Borders usually also carries Scottish Water's charges for water and waste water, which the figures here leave out.
We take the Scottish Borders figures from the published 2026/27 council tax table for Scotland. The sources page links to the table for Scotland.
To see your exact figure, check the bill Scottish Borders sends you, which sets out how the amount was worked out.