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Council Tax Base 2013/14

Meeting: 05/03/2013 - Council Meeting (Item 3)

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To consider a report of the Leader of the Council (Policy, Reform & Finance) and to pass the appropriate resolutions setting the Council Tax for 2013/14.

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Reform & Finance) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the Council Tax for 2013/14 and the level of precepts for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority.

 

RESOLVED – (29 for)

 

(1) That it be noted that on 7 January 2013, the following amount was approved by the Executive Committee as the Council's Council Tax Base for the financial year 2013/14:

 

(a)       87,639.46 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 2013/14 as being £122,436,708.

 

(3) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2013/14 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

(a)       £607,352,811 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)       £484,916,103 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 )       £122,436,708 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)       £1,397.05 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)        £1,397.05 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 2013/14 the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority have issued precepts 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 below.

 

Valuation Bands

 

 

Authority

£

 

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

 

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

931.37

1,086.59

1,241.82

1,397.05

1,707.51

2,017.96

2,328.42

2,794.10

Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester

99.55

116.15

132.74

149.33

182.51

215.70

248.88

298.66

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority

38.42

44.83

51.23

57.64

70.44

83.25

96.06

115.28

 

(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 below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2013/14 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

Aggregate of Council Tax Requirements

 

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Area

1,069.34

1,247.57

1,425.79

1,604.02

1,960.46

2,316.91

2,673.36

3,208.04

 

 

(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 2013/14 is not excessive in accordance with the principles determined by the Secretary of State under section 52ZC of the Act.           


Meeting: 07/01/2013 - Executive (Item 7)

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To consider a report of the Leader of the Council (Policy, Reform & Finance)

 

Officer contact: Alison Blount, 0161 474 5107, Alison.blount@stockport.gov.uk

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Reform & Finance) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to set the Council Tax Base for Stockport for 2013/14. The impact of the Council’s Local Council Tax Support and Local Discount Scheme, approved at the Council Meeting on 20 December 2012, had been included in the calculation.

 

RESOLVED – That based on the calculations and assumptions set out in the report the Stockport Council Tax Base for 2013/14 be set at a Band D equivalent figure of 87,639.46