The Executive RESOLVED
(i) to note the calculations of the Tax Base in Annexes A to F summarised below:
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Band D Equivalent Properties |
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Bisley |
1,650.60 |
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Chobham |
2,062.08 |
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Frimley and Camberley |
24,569.93 |
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West End |
2,393.17 |
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Windlesham |
8,134.78 |
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Surrey Heath Borough Council |
38.810.86 |
(ii) that £19,943.44 be given to Parishes in 2021/22 to offset the effect on the tax base of the Local Council Tax Support scheme;
(iii) that the final setting of the Tax Base be delegated to the Executive Head of Finance.
The Executive RECOMMENDED to Full Council that
(i) the 28 day Council Tax discount for an empty unoccupied and substantially unfurnished property remain at 0% for these properties using the freedoms given in the Local Government Finance Act 2012 and relevant statutory instruments;
(ii) the Local Council Tax Support Scheme for Surrey Heath, approved by Council on 22 January 2013, remains unchanged for 2021/22;
(iii) the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Policy remains unchanged for 2021/22, subject to a review of the Policy before the deadline for setting the Tax Base;
(iv) the Executive Head of Finance be authorised to make minor changes to the Local Council Tax Support scheme so as to ensure that where applicable to income calculation it remains in line with Housing Benefit / Universal Credit changes introduced by legislation; and
(v) incomes and applicable amounts and non-dependant deductions are uprated in line with the percentages and amounts supplied by DWP and DCLG, and applied to Housing Benefit claims.