Decision details

The Council has a statutory obligation to agree the Council Tax base by 31^st December each year.  This decision has been delegated to the Cabinet.

RESOLVED: that

(1)          the calculation of the Council’s tax base for the year 2019/20 be approved;

(2)       pursuant to this report and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, the amount calculated by Cardiff Council as its Council Tax Base for the year 2019/20 shall be 145,499;

(3)        pursuant to this report and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, the amounts calculated by the Council as the Council Tax Base for the year 2019/20 in the community areas subject to a precept shall be as follows:-

(4)          the arrangements for the payment of precepts in 2019/20 to the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales to be by equal instalments on the last working day of each month from April 2019 to March 2020 and the Community Councils be by one payment on 1 April 2019, be on the same basis as that used in 2018/19 and the precepting authorities be advised accordingly.

It is a statutory obligation for the Council to agree its Council Tax Base annually and this figure is used for Council Tax setting.