Issue - meetings

Cabinet was advised that there were a significantly high number of properties in Bands A to C of taxable properties in Thanet. The district had the highest proportion of Band A to C properties in Kent with nearly 80% compared to the Kent average of about 60%. Council Tax is always quoted as “Band D equivalent” which, this year, is £219.87 for Thanet. This Band D figure would be lower, if Thanet had a greater proportion of properties in the higher bands.

Councillor Townend proposed, Councillor Piper seconded and Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  Approve the District's Council Tax Base for 2018/19 as 42,904.67 and the tax base for the towns and parishes in the Council’s administrative area, as set out in the table at Annex 2;

(ii)  Determine not to revise the Council Tax Discounts for 2018/19;

(iii)  Determine not to revise the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2018/19.