Decision details

The Director Finance and Digital Services provided a report that sought to formally set the Council Tax Base for the financial year 2022/23 which is a statutory requirement to agree and set the Council Tax Base for the forthcoming financial year prior to 31st December each year.

The Council is required to calculate the Tax Base for the County Borough as a whole, in addition to making separate calculations for defined community areas that may have their own Community Council. The Council Tax Base for all parts of the County Borough

He continued that the gross Council Tax Base calculated for 2022/23 is £79,904.37.  Therefore, it was proposed that the collection rate is estimated to be 97.25%. This would produce a net Council Tax Base of £77,707.00. This meant that for every £1 levied in Council Tax next year, a sum of £77,707 will be generated to meet the budget requirement of the Council.

The Cabinet Member Corporate Services commented that as an annual report which forms part of the budget setting process he was content to support the recommendations in the report

It was resolved:

1. That in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995 as amended, the amount calculated by the Council as its net tax base for the financial year 2022/23, shall be £77,707.00.

2. That for each defined community area of the County Borough, the 2022/23 tax base for Council Tax setting purposes, shall be as set out at Appendix 1 of the report