Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to agree the Council Tax Base for 2014/15, as part of the process for setting the annual level of Council Tax

Cabinet resolved:

(i)  That the existing discounts and exemptions for 2013/14, including the Council Tax Support Scheme as set out at Appendix B to the report, remain unchanged and those prescribed by statute be applied in calculating the tax base for 2014/15;

(ii)  That, consistent with previous decisions of the Council, no locally determined discounts based on categories of property or occupier be awarded for 2014/15;

(iii)  That, consistent with previous decisions of the Council, there be no award of reductions for prompt payment for 2014/15; and

(iv)  On the basis of (i), (ii) and (iii) above and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, that the amount calculated by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council as its tax base for the year 2014/15 shall be 40,522.12 Band ‘D’ properties.