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Business Rates - Write Offs

Meeting: 23/07/2024 - Cabinet (Item 30)

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Decision:

As detailed in the recommendation.

Minutes:

Councillor Thomas introduced the report and explained that for individual bad debts more than £25,000, Financial Procedure Rules (section 5.2) asked Cabinet to approve recommendations to write off debts.

 

Three Business Rate debts, relating to liquidated companies, and totalling £99,085.39, were deemed to be irrecoverable and the writing off the debts was now a

necessary step.  The debts relate to:

 

  • Ace Rotomould Ltd £40,986.72
  • Premier English Manufacturing Ltd £33,062.00
  • Premier Grip Trading Ltd £25,036.67

 

There were no direct financial implications for the Council or local taxpayers by writing off the three debts

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the write off of the business rate debts, amounting to £40,986.72 for Ace Rotomould Ltd, £33,062 for Premier English Manufacturing Ltd, and £25,036.87 for Premier Grip Trading Ltd be approved.