Agenda item

To set the Council Tax for the financial year 2012/2013, in accordance with the formal resolutions as shown in section 19 of the report.

Consideration was given to a report requesting the Council to set the Council Tax for the financial year 2012/2013. 

At the time of writing the report, Cheshire Police Authority had not set its budget and its Council Tax precept. A revised report, indicating the Police Authority precept, was tabled at the meeting. 

RESOLVED

             That Council sets the Council Tax for the financial year 2012/2013, in accordance with the formal resolutions as set out below:

1.      That it be noted that on 15^th December 2011 the Council calculated the Council Tax base 2012/2013

(a)   for the whole Council area as 146,807.37.

(b)   for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates    as in the Appendices attached to the report.

2.      That Council calculates that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2012/2013 (excluding Parish precepts) is £178,567,676.

3.      That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2012/2013 in    accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

a.      £715,217,994 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils.

b.      £532,221, 974 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

c.      £182,996,020 being the amount by which the aggregate at 19.3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 19.3(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year.

d.      £1,246.50 being the amount at 19.3(c) above divided by the amount at 19.1(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 (including Parish precepts).

e.      £4,428,344 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act

f.        £1,216.34 being the amount at 19.3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 19.3(e) above by the amount at 19.1(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 Parish precept relates.

g.      Appendix A being the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulations 3 and 6 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992, as its total council tax base for the year and council tax base for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

h.     Appendix B being the amounts given by adding to the amount at (f) above, the amounts of special items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area mentioned above divided by in each case the appropriate tax base from Appendix A, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(3) of the 1992 Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which one or more special items relate. (Band D charges for each Parish and Charter Trustees area).

i.        Appendix C being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at (h)       above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the 1992 Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the 1992 Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands (Local charges for all Bands).

j.        Appendix D being the aggregate of the local charges in (i) above and the amounts levied by major precepting authorities, calculated in accordance with Section 30(2) of the 1992 Act (The total Council Tax charge for each band in each Parish and Charter Trustees area).