Issue - meetings

The Executive Board considered the attached report:-

RECOMMENDED: That

         1)         the 2012/13 Council Tax Base be set at 38,200 for the Borough, and that the Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Police Authority, and the Environment Agency be so notified; and

         2)         the Council Tax Base for each of the Parishes be set as follows:

            The Executive Board had considered a report of the Operational Director, Finance on the requirement for the Council to determine the “Tax Base” for its area and the tax base for each of the Parishes.

The Council was required to notify the figure to the Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Police Authority and the Environment Agency by 31^st January 2012, and calculate and advise the Parish Councils, if requested, of their relevant tax bases.

            The Tax Base was the measure used for calculating the council tax and was used by both the billing authority (the Council) and the major precepting authorities (the Cheshire Fire Authority and the Cheshire Police Authority), in the calculation of their council tax requirements. It was arrived at in accordance with a prescribed formula representing the estimated full year number of chargeable dwellings in the Borough expressed in terms of the equivalent of Band “D” dwellings. Taking account of all the relevant information and applying a 99% collection rate, the calculation for 2012/13 gave a tax base figure of 38,200 for the Borough as a whole.

            RESOLVED: That

1)   the 2012/13 Council Tax Base be set at 38,200 for the Borough, and that the Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Police Authority, and the Environment Agency be so notified; and

2)  the Council Tax Base for each of the Parishes be set as follows:

The Board considered a report of the Operational Director, Finance, on the requirement for the Council to determine the “Tax Base” for its area and the tax base for each of the Parishes.

The Council was required to notify the figure to the Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Police Authority and the Environment Agency by 31^st January 2012. In addition, the Council was required to calculate and advise the Parish Councils, if requested, of their relevant tax bases.

            The Board was advised that the Tax Base was the measure used for calculating the council tax and was used by both the billing authority (the Council) and the major precepting authorities (the Cheshire Fire Authority and the Cheshire Police Authority), in the calculation of their council tax requirements. It was arrived at in accordance with a prescribed formula representing the estimated full year number of chargeable dwellings in the Borough expressed in terms of the equivalent of Band “D” dwellings. Taking account of all the relevant information and applying a 99% collection rate, the calculation for 2012/13 gave a tax base figure of 38,200 for the Borough as a whole.

RESOLVED: That Council be recommended that

         1)         the 2012/13 Council Tax Base be set at 38,200 for the Borough, and that the Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Police Authority, and the Environment Agency be so notified; and

         2)         the Council Tax Base for each of the Parishes be set as follows: