Decision details

Members are asked to approve various policies for the administration of Council Tax and Business Rates for the financial year 2014-15.

The policies required by statute to be approved each year are:-

• Council Tax Discounts on second and long term empty homes (section 2)
• Council Tax Discretionary discounts (section 3)
• Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief (section 4)
• Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief for Small Businesses (section 5)

Some policies are detailed for information purposes only, these are:-

• Payment dates for Precepting/Levying Bodies (section 6)
• Payment dates for Council Tax and Business Rates (section 7)

As detailed in the recommendations.