Council tax increase - maths boffin needed

[lazybloke]

The latest council tax bill is in, and there's a breakdown into 4 line items:
1) The Country Council bill - increased by 3%
2) The adult social care precept - increased by 2%
3) Police - increased by 4.2%
4) The district council bill - increased by 3%
Total: - increased by 4.7%

Am I being a maths dunce, or am I right that 4.7% is impossible? To my mind, it shouldn't be larger than any of the contstituent increases.
It's doing my head-in!!!! Especially after 3 years of engineer maths at Uni!

Answers on a post-card please, or I'll be creating a spreadsheet later to work it all out for myself.

 

[richardfm]

You would be right if all the elements were in equal proportions, but I doubt if they are.

 

[nellietheelephant]

Yes, whenever we see a percentage quoted we need to ask, percentage of what?

 

[lazybloke]

You would be right if all the elements were in equal proportions, but I doubt if they are.

Surely if a constituent element rises by 'n' percent, then n is the maximum amount by which the total increases.

I suspect there us either some dodgy maths (which i'll check later)*, some poor descriptions, or possibly i'm just going senile.


*If i can be bothered. I had the same complaint last year and ignored it!

 

[presta]

The four components you listed are all below 4.7%, so there must be at least one other component above 4.7%.

 

[Drago]

You'll get your pants pulled down another 4.7cm.

 

[MichaelO]

Our increase was set out as being 4.99%:

1) The Country Council bill - increased by 2.99%
2) The adult social care precept - increased by 2%

So they were "added together". Can't fathom out how yours works with the other two percentages though! (I thought all councils had gone up by the maximum 4.99% that's allowed?)

 

[Beebo]

I agree. There is something missing that they aren’t telling you.

 

[FishFright]

Please tell me you lot are you're joking ?

 

[fossyant]

Back pocket the 'extra' bit !

 

[Chromatic]

One of the components of my council tax bill went up 90.8% this year.

 

[T4tomo]

one of the components on mine went down by 22% (IIRC) this year, but it is the village / parish "special fund" element and totals a massive £0.12 per year, thus the total bill did increase (approx 5% I think). I hope they spend my £0.12 wisely.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Please tell me you lot are you're joking ?

Well how about you offer an answer to the OP?
Did you do '3 years of engineer maths at Uni', like at least 2 of us.
I like @presta and @Beebo 's 'missing component' as the guilty party.

 

[Gwylan]

The latest council tax bill is in, and there's a breakdown into 4 line items:
1) The Country Council bill - increased by 3%
2) The adult social care precept - increased by 2%
3) Police - increased by 4.2%
4) The district council bill - increased by 3%
Total: - increased by 4.7%

Am I being a maths dunce, or am I right that 4.7% is impossible? To my mind, it shouldn't be larger than any of the contstituent increases.
It's doing my head-in!!!! Especially after 3 years of engineer maths at Uni!

Answers on a post-card please, or I'll be creating a spreadsheet later to work it all out for myself.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How...a book written by,to articles as a freelancer.

Got me through.

It's a case of what they aren't telling you.

 

[Ian H]

Our increase was set out as being 4.99%:

1) The Country Council bill - increased by 2.99%
2) The adult social care precept - increased by 2%

So they were "added together". Can't fathom out how yours works with the other two percentages though! (I thought all councils had gone up by the maximum 4.99% that's allowed?)

That's rather amusing.