Issue - items at meetings - Council Tax base 2020/21

Council Tax base 2020/21

Report of: the Head of Financial Services

Purpose of report: to set the Council Tax Base for 2020/21 as required by section 33 of The Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

Recommendations:

The Audit and Governance Committee is recommended to agree:

a) that the 2020/21 Council Tax Base for the City Council’s area as a whole is set at 45,895.5 (as shown in Appendix 1 of the report)

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 of the report) be set as follows:

· Unparished Area of the City 38,392.9

· Littlemore Parish 1,804.5

· Old Marston Parish 1,280.0

· Risinghurst & Sandhills Parish 1,474.6

· Blackbird Leys Parish 2,943.5

· City Council Total 45,895.5

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Financial Services asking that it set the Council Tax Base for 2020/21 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.

The Audit and Governance Committee resolved that:

a) the 2020/21 Council Tax Base for the City Council’s area as a whole is set at 45,895.5 (as shown in Appendix 1 of the report)

b) 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 of the report) be set as follows: