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Write Off of Irrecoverable Amount

02/04/2019 - WRITE OFF OF IRRECOVERABLE DEBTS

Report No.12/2019 was received from the Strategic Director for Resources.

 

Mr Brown, Portfolio Holder for Planning, Environment, Property and Finance introduced the report, the purpose of which was to seek approval to write off debts over the value of £2,500 where officers believed that there was little or no prospect of recovering them.

 

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

·         The Council had above average collection rates for Council Tax at 98.8% compared with a national average of 97.1%.

·         Two thirds of businesses did not pay full business rates.

·         In the last 12 months there had been a change in approach to collecting commercial rents. Rent bonds for the first three months were sought and any new tenants paid by direct debit as part of their lease terms. By working more closely with property services, debts were flagged up much earlier and work was done together to recover any outstanding payments.

 

DECISION:

Cabinet,

 

1.    NOTED the action taken to recover outstanding debts

 

2.    APPROVED the write off of the debts shown in exempt Appendix A

 

 

Reasons for the decision

 

1.    As there is no prospect of collecting the debts detailed in Appendix A, it is therefore prudent to write off the debts.