Issue - items at meetings - Setting of the Council Tax Base 2019-20

Setting of the Council Tax Base 2019-20

Report of: the Head of Financial Services

Purpose: To set the “Council Tax Base” for 2019/20 as required by section 33 of The Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

Recommendation:

The Audit and Governance Committee are recommended to agree:

a) that the 2019/20 Council Tax Base for the City Council’s area as a whole is set at 45,294.5 (as shown in Appendix 1)

b) that the projected level of collection is set at 98%

c) that the tax bases for the Parishes, and for the Unparished Area of the City (as shown in Appendix 2) be set as follows:

Unparished Area of the City 37,825.8

Littlemore Parish 1,798.0

Old Marston Parish 1,272.7

Risinghurst & Sandhills Parish 1,470.4

Blackbird Leys Parish 2,927.6

City Council Total 45,294.5

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Financial Services setting out the calculation of the “Council Tax Base” for 2019/20 as required by section 33 of The Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

Bill Lewis (Financial Accounting Manager) introduced the report and explained the impacts of the council tax reduction scheme (now receiving no government funding) and exemptions such as those granted to dwellings wholly occupied by students.

The Committee resolved:

a) that the 2019/20 Council Tax Base for the City Council’s area as a whole is set at 45,294.5 (as shown in Appendix 1 of the report)