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REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIECTOR – CUSTOMERS

To set the Council Tax Base for 2024/2025 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).

RESOLVED: That the Committee:

(1)   Set a non-collection rate of 1% for 2024/2025.

(2)   Set the Council Tax Base for 2024/2025 at 50,562.6 and that the individual sums shown in Appendix A for each Parish was agreed.

REASON FOR DECISIONS: To fulfil the statutory requirement to set a Council Tax Base for the District and to enable Major and Local Precepting Authorities to set their levels of Council Tax for 2024/2025.

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The Service Director – Customers, presented the report entitled ‘Council Tax Base 2024/2025’, and advised that:

·       Setting the Council Tax Base was an annual statutory requirement.

·       Appendix A detailed the breakdown for each Town and Parish Council.

·       Appendix B detailed how the Council Tax Base was calculated.

·       There was a 0.2% decrease in Council Tax Base for 2024/25 which was due to the changes to the Council Tax reduction scheme to enable more support to families on lower incomes.

·       The collection of Council Tax remained high at 99%.

·       It was important to note that Council Tax was not always collected in the year it was due.

·       The non-collection rate was set to 1% as in previous years.

Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Elizabeth Dennis seconded and, the outcome of the vote was as follows:

VOTE TOTALS:

YES:                                                    5

ABSTAIN:                                           0

NO:                                                      0

TOTAL:                                               5

NUMBER OF DELEGATES PRESENT: 5

THE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

Cllr Ian Albert                                      YES

Cllr Elizabeth Dennis                          YES

Cllr Matt Barnes                                  YES

Cllr Ruth Brown                                  YES

Cllr Terry Hone                                   YES

Therefore, it was:

RESOLVED: That the Committee:

(1)   Set a non-collection rate of 1% for 2024/2025.

(2)   Set the Council Tax Base for 2024/2025 at 50,562.6 and that the individual sums shown in Appendix A for each Parish was agreed.

REASON FOR DECISIONS: To fulfil the statutory requirement to set a Council Tax Base for the District and to enable Major and Local Precepting Authorities to set their levels of Council Tax for 2024/2025.