Agenda item

The Executive RESOLVED that bad debts totalling £88,057.46 in respect of Council Tax, and £221,243.29 in respect of Non-Domestic Rates be approved for write off.

The Executive considered a report seeking approval to write off bad debts incurred through the non-payment of Council tax and Non-Domestic Rates.

All of the debts had been subject to the relevant recovery action and tracing enquiries. The Council’s enforcement agents had also been unable to recover the debts from any forwarding address obtained from the tracing undertaken and the debt was now considered irrecoverable.

In response to a debate in relation to the use of bailiffs to recover debt, the Chairman of the Performance & Finance Scrutiny Committee agreed to arrange for an in-depth report to be considered by the Committee on this issue.

RESOLVED that bad debts totalling £88,057.46 in respect of Council Tax, and £221,243.29 in respect of Non-Domestic Rates be approved for write off.