Decision details
To Set The Council Tax Base for the Financial Year 2019/20
Decision Maker: Strategic Director for Resources
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Cabinet authorised (report number 1/2018) that
the Chief finance officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member
with portfolio for Finance to undertake the calculation and approve
the council tax base for 2019/20 and subsequent years.
The Council is required to set a council tax base each year between
1 December and 31 January using specific formulae. (The Local
Authority (Calculation of Council Tax base) Regulations
2012)
Decision:
The Tax base for 2019/20 has been set at
15,500.3. The Tax base calculation is determined annually by
identifying the number of liable properties to be levied and the
banding in which the properties are placed and then by applying
relevant exemption, discounts, including the local council tax
support scheme and banding reductions.
Alternative options considered:
None.
Publication date: 06/02/2019
Date of decision: 11/12/2018
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