Issue - meetings

Report No:   CAB/WS/19/018

Portfolio Holder: Cllr Sarah Broughton       Lead Officer: Rachael Mann

RESOLVED:

That the write-off of the amounts detailed in the Exempt Appendices to Report No: CAB/WS/19/018 be approved, as follows:

(1)     Exempt Appendix 1: Council Tax totalling £6,812.30

(2)     Exempt Appendix 2: Business Rates totalling £88,915.73

The Cabinet considered this report, which provided the collection data in respect of Council Tax and National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) and sought approval for the write-off of the amounts contained in the Exempt Appendices attached to the report.

Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, drew relevant issues to the attention of the Cabinet, including the current performance of both council tax and business rates collection, as set out in Section 3 of the report. She reiterated that whilst these were relatively small amounts, it was always frustrating to write-off any outstanding debts.

The Cabinet agreed with Councillor Broughton’s frustration but commended the work of the Anglia Revenues and Benefits Partnership, and in particular their Enforcement Agency, in trying to do all they possibly could to retrieve outstanding debts.

RESOLVED:

That the write-off of the amounts detailed in the Exempt Appendices to Report No: CAB/WS/19/018 be approved, as follows:

(1)     Exempt Appendix 1: Council Tax totalling £6,812.30

(2)     Exempt Appendix 2: Business Rates totalling £88,915.73