Decision details

The Council is required to pass a formal resolution determining the Council Tax Base for 2016/17.

To formally determine not to revise the Council Tax Reduction Scheme or replace it with another scheme for 2016/17.

To formally determine not to revise the reduction of Council Tax Discounts.

Cabinet agreed the following:

1.  The District's Council Tax Base for 2016/17 as 40,690.57 and the tax base for the towns and parishes in the Council’s administrative area, as set out in the table at Annex 2 to the Cabinet report;

2.  Not to revise the Council Tax Reduction Scheme or replace it with another scheme for 2016/17;

3.  Not to revise the Council Tax Discounts for 2016/17.

The calculation of the Tax base has been undertaken in accordance with the current regulations, “Local Authority (calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (SI: 2012:2914) which came into force in November 2012. The Council is required to set its tax base by 31 January every year.

The Council is also required on an annual basis, to determine whether to remove or reduce council tax discounts and consider whether to revise the council tax reduction scheme. This is determined in regulation.

Not making such a decision would make it difficult for Council to create a framework for setting out its budget; there is no alternative to the tax base and local scheme. There are no alternative decisions that can be made.