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Council Tax 2024/25

Meeting: 22/02/2024 - Council Meeting (Item 3)

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To consider a joint report of the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources and to pass the appropriate resolutions setting the Council Tax for 2024/25.

 

(Draft report and resolutions enclosed)

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources (Councillor Jilly Julian) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the Council Tax for 2024/25 and the level of precepts for the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept and Mayoral General Precept (including fire services) for Greater Manchester.

 

RESOLVED – (61 for) (1) That it be noted that on 11 January 2024, the Council has calculated the Council Tax Base for the financial year 2024/25 as:

 

(a)      98,396.6 for the whole Council area [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the "Act")]

 

(2) That the Council Meeting approve the Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2024/25 as being £194,568,453.

 

(3) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2024/25 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

(a)   £835,849,819 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(2) of the Act (Appendix Two).

 

(b)   £641,281,366 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(3) of the Act (Appendix Two).

 

(c)   £194,568,453 being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax Requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act). (Appendix Two).

 

(d)   £1,977.39 being the amount at 3(c) above, all divided by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

(e)   £0.00 being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in section 34(1) of the Act.

 

(f)     £1,977.39 being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by the amount by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

 

(4) That it be noted that for the year 2024/25 the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner precept for Greater Manchester and the Mayoral General precept (including Fire Services) have been issued to the Council in accordance with section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each category of dwellings in the Council's area as indicated in the table in below.

 

(5) That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables within the report as the amounts of Council Tax for 2024/25 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

Valuation Bands

 

Authority

£

 

 

A

B

C

 

D

E

F

G

H

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

1,318.26

1,537.97

1,757.68

 

1,977.39

2,416.81

2,856.23

3,295.65

3,954.78

Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept

170.86

199.34

227.82

 

256.30

313.25

370.21

427.16

512.60

Mayoral General Precept (including Fire Services)

75.30

87.85

100.40

 

112.95

138.05

163.15

188.25

225.90

 

 

AGGREGATE OF COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

A

B

C

 

D

E

F

G

H

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Area

1,564.42

1,825.16

2,085.90

 

2,346.64

2,868.11

3,389.59

3,911.06

4,693.28

 

(6) That the Council, in accordance with section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 hereby determines that the Council’s relevant basic amount of council tax for 2024/25 is not excessive in accordance with the principles determined by the Secretary of State under section 52ZC of the Act.

 

The names of those councillors voting on this resolution were recorded as follows:

 

Those councillors who voted for the resolution were:

 

The Mayor (Councillor Graham Greenhalgh); The Deputy Mayor (Councillor Kerry  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3