City residents rack up £92m in unpaid poll and council tax
MORE than £92 million is owed to the city in unpaid council tax, new figures revealed today.
Over 5m is still owed from as far back as 1996-7, when the City of Edinburgh Council was formed.
On top of that, around 73m in unpaid poll tax is still owed by Edinburgh residents.
The figures, revealed following a Freedom of Information request by the Evening News, are accurate as of March 31, 2008.
Last year, just over 14m went uncollected, and over 11m is outstanding from 2006-7.
City finance leader Gordon Mackenzie has hit out at the "unfair" attitude of thousands of people who fail to pay it.
Council chiefs have pledged to continue chasing the money.
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