Agenda item
COUNCIL TAX RESOLUTION 2022/23
- Meeting of Council Tax Setting Committee, Monday, 28th February, 2022 5.00 pm (Item 29.)
- View the background to item 29.
REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR -
RESOURCES
To obtain approval for the Council Tax requirement and the overall
Council Tax rates for the district of North Hertfordshire for
2022/23.
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the Committee:
(1) Notes that at its meeting on 13 January 2022 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 49,964.80 as its Council Tax base for the year 2022/23 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012
(2) That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for 2022/2023 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992
(3) That it be noted that for 2022/2023 Hertfordshire County Council and the Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown in the report.
(4) That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2.2(h) and 2.3 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets out the following provisional amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for 2022/2023 for each of the categories shown in the report.
REASON FOR DECISIONS:
(1) The functions of the Council Tax Setting Committee are to set the Council Tax and to set the overall level of Council Tax for the following financial year, taking into account the precepts of all major and local precepting authorities.
(2) The level of Council Tax Requirement has been considered necessary to meet the budgeting needs of the Council for 2022/23.
Minutes:
Audio Recording: 3:35
The Service Director – Resources presented the report entitled Council Tax Resolution 2022/23 along with Appendix A: Guide to the Council Tax Resolution.
The Service Director – Resources drew attention to points including:
· The Addendum report attached to the agenda has been updated to include the Council Tax for Hertfordshire County Council;
· The Committee is being asked the approve the various Council Tax rates as set out in subsections g and h of the attached report.
Councillor Ian Albert proposed, Councillor Claire Strong seconded and the vote was as follows:
VOTE TOTALS:
YES: 4
ABSTAIN: 0
NO: 0
TOTAL: 4
NUMBER OF DELEGATES PRESENT: 4
THE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
Cllr Claire Strong: YES
Cllr Ian Albert: YES
Cllr Morgan Derbyshire: YES
Cllr Sam North: YES
Therefore it was:
RESOLVED: That the Committee:
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1.1. That it be noted that at its meeting on 13 January 2022 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 49,964.80 as its Council Tax base for the year 2022/2023 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).
a) 49,964.80 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Regulations, as its Council Tax base for the year.
b)
Being the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate
c) That it be noted that at its meeting on the 10 February 2022 the Council calculated the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2022/23 (excluding Parish precepts) as £12,247,871. As detailed in 2.2 (e) below the sum of special items is £1,277,296 and hence the total Council Tax requirement (including Parish precepts) is £13,525,167.
1.2. That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for 2022/2023 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (the Act):-
g)
being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 2.2(f) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 2.1(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.
h)
being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2.2(f) and 2.2(g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(l) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.
1.3. That it be noted that for 2022/2023 Hertfordshire County Council and the Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:- (note that confirmation of precept amounts for Hertfordshire County Council is currently outstanding)
1.4. That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2.2(h) and 2.3 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets out the following provisional amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for 2022/2023 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-
List of parishes and tax at different bands (County, Care, Police, District and Parish)
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REASON FOR DECISIONS:
(1) The functions of the Council Tax Setting Committee are to set the Council Tax and to set the overall level of Council Tax for the following financial year, taking into account the precepts of all major and local precepting authorities.
(2) The level of Council Tax Requirement has been considered necessary to meet the budgeting needs of the Council for 2022/23.
Supporting documents:
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COUNCIL TAX RESOLUTION 2022/23, item 29.
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APPENDIX A: GUIDE TO THE COUNCIL TAX RESOLUTION, item 29.
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ADDENDUM TO REPORT: Published Council Tax Resolution 2022-23, item 29.
PDF 408 KB