Decision details

The Cabinet Member for Reform & Governance has approved the write off of 16 outstanding debts that are considered irrecoverable. These include 2 Council Tax accounts, 3 Housing Benefit Overpayment invoices and 11 Business Rate accounts.

Writing off the debt does not extinguish the debt, if circumstances change and it becomes possible to pursue the debt once more it can be “written back” and recovery resumed. Any accounts where debts are written off are marked to ensure this happens.   

Each year the Authority analyses the amounts due to the Council and a provision for bad or doubtful debts is created or adjusted to reflect the risk of the debt not being paid.  Any bad debts that are written off are charged to the revenue account or a specific bad debt provision account.

Note: details of the debts are contained in the report accompanying this decision. The report is ‘not for publication’ as the information relates to the personal details of individuals, the disclosure of which would be in breach of data protections principals.