Received a report
setting out the calculation of the Council Tax Base for 2004 /
2005. The report also set out
information on new powers available to the Council to reduce
discounts for second homes and long-term empty property, and to
award locally determined discounts.
Agreed, in order
to comply with statute and assist in the calculation of the
Authority’s Council Tax for 2004 / 2005:
- That
the report on the calculation of the Council’s Tax Base for
2004 / 2005 be approved and that, pursuant to the report and in
accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base)
Regulations 1992, the amount calculated by the London Borough of
Barking and Dagenham Council as its Tax Base for the year 2004 /
2005 shall be 51,055.3 Band ‘D’ properties;
- That the discounts
for second homes or long-term empty properties are not reduced for
2004 / 2005; and
- To recommend to
the Assembly that locally determined discounts should not be
awarded for 2004/2005.