Decision details

Council Tax base

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Annual council tax setting report sets out the projected 2021/22 baseline for the number of properties in DBC and the projected proportional volume of band D equivalent households that will be charged council tax.

Decision:

1.    That Cabinet approves the Collection Fund surplus estimate of £43,362.84as at 31 March 2021. The Dacorum Borough Council share of this surplus is £5,268.18.

 

2.    That Cabinet approve the distribution profile for the surplus identified at 1.) as required by the Collection Fund: Surplus and Deficit (Coronavirus)(England) Regulations 2020.  This is contained at section 2.8 of the Cabinet report.

 

3.    That Cabinet approves the calculation of the Council’s tax base for the year 2021/22 incorporating an estimated collection rate of 99.4%.

 

4.    That, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 2012, the amount calculated by the Council as its tax base for the year 2021/22 shall be 58,693.7 and its constituent elements shall be:

 

Part of Area -  Parished and Non Parished

100% Tax base

99.4% Tax base

Hemel Hempstead

31,519.5

31,330.4

Aldbury

479.4

476.5

Berkhamsted

8,611.6

8,559.9

Bovingdon

2,132.3

2,119.5

Chipperfield

867.5

862.3

Flamstead

647.5

643.6

Flaunden

178.8

177.7

Great Gaddesden

456.0

453.3

Kings Langley

2,316.0

2,302.1

Little Gaddesden

640.4

636.6

Markyate

1,358.6

1,350.4

Nash Mills

1,244.2

1,236.7

Nettleden with Potten End

802.7

797.9

Northchurch

1,301.5

1,293.7

Tring Rural

690.6

686.5

Tring Town

5,120.6

5,089.9

Wigginton

680.8

676.7

Total

59,048.0

58,693.7

 

Report author: Nigel Howcutt

Publication date: 17/12/2020

Date of decision: 15/12/2020

Decided at meeting: 15/12/2020 - Cabinet

Effective from: 25/12/2020

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