Issue - items at meetings - Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2021/2022

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Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2021/2022

Meeting: 10/11/2020 - Cabinet (Item 184)

184 West Suffolk Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTRS) 2021 to 2022 pdf icon PDF 140 KB

Report number:     CAB/WS/20/067

Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah Broughton

Lead officers: Rachael Mann and Adrian Mills

Decision:

Recommended to Council (15 December 2020):

 

That:

1.           The review of the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTRS) for 2020 to 2021, as outlined in Report Number CAB/WS/20/067, be noted; and

 

2.           The retention of the existing Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTRS) for 2021 to 2022, be agreed.

Minutes:

(Report number: CAB/WS/20/067)

 

The Cabinet considered this report which explained that each year the Council was required to review its Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTRS).  This report provided an annual review of the 2020 to 2021 scheme and proposed to maintain the current scheme for 2021 to 2022.

 

The current West Suffolk LCTRS provided a maximum benefit of 91.5 per cent for working age claimaints and the Scheme also fully protected war pensioners.  The aim in designing the Scheme was to achieve a balance in charging an amount of Council Tax to encourage customers back into work, whilst setting the amount charged at an affordable and recoverable level during the year.

 

Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance explained that the report was recommending to continue with the current 2020 to 2021 Scheme in 2021 to 2022, before undertaking a fuller review early next year that took into account learning from COVID-19.  At this point, a range of options may be considered for possible consultation.

 

Recommended to Council (15 December 2020):

 

That:

1.           The review of the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTRS) for 2020 to 2021, as outlined in Report Number CAB/WS/20/067, be noted; and

 

2.           The retention of the existing Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTRS) for 2021 to 2022, be agreed.


 

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