Issue - meetings

To set the Council Tax Base for 2020/21 in respect of the whole Borough and all constituent parts so that each precepting parish can subsequently set their Council Tax budgets for the year.

RECOMMENDATION:  That Council agree the proposed Council Tax Base, for the whole area and by Parish, as set out in the report.

The Council considered a report, set out at Agenda pages 109 to 113, which gave details of the proposed Council Tax Base for 2020/21.

The report explained that the Council Tax Base was the total number of Band D equivalent dwellings liable for Council Tax, after discounts and exemptions. Local Authorities had a duty to ensure that the Council Tax Base for the forthcoming year was approved by 31 January each year.

This year’s calculations demonstrated that, with a total of 69,536 properties on the Council Tax register, after making all relevant adjustments the proposed Council Tax Base of Band D equivalent was 72,036.5 for 2020/21. This reflected an increase of 2.65% compared to 2019/20.

Appended to the report was a table setting out the proposed Tax Base for 2020/21 by Parish and whole Borough.

It was proposed by John Kaiser and seconded by Chris Bowring that the Council Tax base for 2020/21 be approved.

Upon being put to the vote, it was:

RESOLVED: That the proposed Council Tax Base for 2020/21, as set out in the report, be approved.