Report of: Head of Financial Services

Purpose of report: to set the “Council Tax Base” for 2018/19 as required by section 33 of The Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

Report to follow

The Chair varied the order of the agenda to take this item towards the end of the meeting.

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Financial Services requesting the setting of the “Council Tax Base” for 2018/19 as required by section 33 of The Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

The Committee resolved:  

a)    that the 2018/19 Council Tax Base for the City Council’s area as a whole is set at 44,623.4 (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                      37,300.3

Littlemore Parish                                          1,754.0

Old Marston Parish                                      1,269.1

Risinghurst & Sandhills Parish                1,444.1

Blackbird Leys Parish                                 2,855.9

City Council Total                                      44,623.4