Issue - meetings

Report number:     CAB/WS/22/014

Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah Broughton

Lead officer: Rachael Mann

Resolved:

That the write-off of the amounts detailed in the Exempt Appendices to Report number CAB/WS/22/014, be approved, as follows:

1.           Exempt Appendix 1: Council Tax totalling £21,160.82.

2.           Exempt Appendix 2: Housing Benefit Overpayment totalling £15,028.93.

(Report number CAB/WS/22/014)

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 Property, 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 2 of the report.

Members noted that reliefs introduced by central Government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (many of which provided 100 percent relief for 2020/2021) had been extended to the end of June 2020, at which point the remainder of the year would be discounted by 66 percent.  Eligible accounts were rebilled in July 2021 for the increased amount which adjusted the net collectable debt to £61.4m on 1 July 2021.

Resolved:

That the write-off of the amounts detailed in the Exempt Appendices to Report number CAB/WS/22/014, be approved, as follows:

1.           Exempt Appendix 1: Council Tax totalling £21,160.82.

2.           Exempt Appendix 2: Housing Benefit Overpayment totalling £15,028.93.