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Consideration was given to a report relating to the setting of the Council tax for 2013/14. The Council, as a billing authority, was responsible for the billing and collection of Council Tax due from local taxpayers and must set the overall Council Tax level. This meant that the Authority also collected Council Tax income to cover not only its own services but also precepts set by other authorities. The Council Tax levied was, therefore, made up of four elements -Cheshire East Borough Council element, Parish Councils & Charter Trustees precepts, Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire precept and Cheshire Fire Authority precept.

RESOLVED

That the Council Tax for Cheshire East Council for the financial year 2013/2014, be set at £1,216.34, in accordance with the formal resolutions as shown in section 18 of  the report and the precept levy for Crewe Parish Council be set at £362,255 :-

1.   That it be noted that on 13^th December 2012 the Council calculated the Council Tax base 2013/2014

(a)  for the whole Council area as 137,122.19.

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

2.   Calculated that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2013/2014 (excluding Parish precepts) is £166,787,205.

3.   That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2013/2014 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

a.    £727,587,024 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.    £556,275,641 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

c.    £171,311,383 being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year.

d.    £1,249.33 being the amount at (c) above divided by the amount at 18.1(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.    £4,524,178    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 (d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 18.3(e) above by the amount at (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  ...  view the full minutes text for item 94