CTSP.5/23
Consideration was given to a report that
calculated and set out the Council Tax for 2023/24, having taken
into account the precepts as notified from Devon County Council,
Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner, Devon and
Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority and the local Town and Parish
Councils.
It was then:
RESOLVED
1
That it be noted that, in December
2022, the Senior Leadership Team, under delegated authority from
full Council, approved the Council Tax Base for the year
2023/24:
(a)
for the whole Council
area as 21,225.87 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local
Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base)(England) Regulations
2012; and
(b)
for dwellings in those
parts of its area to which a Parish Precept relates in accordance
with regulation 6 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council
Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 (Appendix A of the published agenda report
refers);
2
That the Council Tax
requirement for West Devon Borough
Council’s own purposes for 2023/24 (excluding Parish
precepts) is calculated at £5,391,371 (Appendix
Bof the presented agenda report
refers);
3
That the following
amounts are calculated by the Council for the year 2023/24 in
accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance
Act 1992 and the Localism Act 2011 (Appendix B of
the presented agenda report refers):
(a)
£27,787,721
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/Town Councils (Gross expenditure including parish precepts).
(b)
£20,267,247
being the
aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items
set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act (Total income
including business rates and council tax collection fund
surplus).
(c)
£7,520,474
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) (Council tax requirement including parish
precepts).
(d)
£354.31
being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by the council tax base
(1(a) above) in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the
basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (Average band D council tax for West
Devon Borough Council and parishes).
(e)
£2,129,103
being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts), referred
to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per Appendix C
– Parish Precepts
to the published agenda report).
(f)
£254.00
being the amount at 3(d) above less the
result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) by the Council tax base
(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
(Band D council tax for West Devon ...
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