Issue - meetings
Review of council tax locally defined discounts and premium
Meeting: 06/10/2020 - Cabinet (Item 48)
48 Council Tax Review of Locally Defined Discounts and Premiums 
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The Cabinet is requested to consider the report and make the following resolution:
That the Council Tax Discounts and Premiums proposed in the appendix to the agenda report be applied for the 2021-2022 financial year.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED
That the Council Tax Discounts and Premiums proposed in the appendix to the agenda report be applied for the 2021-2022 financial year.
Minutes:
Cllr Wilding introduced the item. Mr Jobson added that there are flexible payment options for those who inherit a property whereby the Council Tax Premium can be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the property.
In response to members’ questions about the single person discount Mr Jobson explained that the Council Tax base return is required annually, however, reviews of these discounts are conducted on a two year cycle with full analysis in year one and analysis of high risk discounts in year two. He added that there are in the region of 18,000 discounts to review which take a number of months to analyse.
In a vote the following recommendation was agreed.
RESOLVED
That the Council Tax Discounts and Premiums proposed in the appendix to the agenda report be applied for the 2021-2022 financial year.