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Issue

Issue - meetings

Revenue and Benefits Report

Meeting: 21/01/2016 - Cabinet Member for Resources (Item 3)

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The purpose of the report is to seek approval to implement a policy of imposing fixed penalties on residents who fail to notify Portsmouth City Council within a prescribed timescale, of a relevant change in their circumstance which may result in an increase in their chargeable Council Tax

 

RECOMMENDED

 

(1)  That it is agreed that the implementation of fixed penalties from 1st April 2016, as permitted under the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, whereby anyone who intentionally or knowingly fails to notify the Council of any change affecting Council Tax Liability or the Local Council Tax Support Scheme may be liable to a fixed penalty fine.

(2)  That where an application is made to waive the penalty on the grounds of exceptional circumstances, the Local Taxation Manager or Director of Community and Communications be given delegated responsibility to use their discretion.

 

 

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Minutes:

(TAKE IN REPORT)

 

The Local Taxation Manager, Matt Willis, presented the report and explained that its purpose was to seek approval to implement a policy of imposing fixed penalties on residents who fail to notify Portsmouth City Council within a prescribed timescale of a relevant change in their circumstances which may result in an increase in their chargeable Council Tax.

 

He said that the Council has a responsibility to deliver value for money and a duty to protect taxpayers' money. Evidence from other Local Authorities who have introduced these schemes demonstrates that a penalty scheme encourages customers to notify the Council of changes more quickly and that this saves money through the administration of overpayment recovery.

 

The Cabinet Member thanked officers for their report and said he would approve the recommendations in the report and would receive a further report once the consultation results were available.

 

DECISION:

That the Cabinet Member for Resources agreed

1.         that the implementation of fixed penalties from 1st April 2016 as permitted under the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 whereby anyone who fails to notify the Council of any change affecting Council Tax Liability or the Local Council Tax Support Scheme may be liable to a fixed penalty fine.

2.         that where an application is made to waive the penalty on the grounds of exceptional circumstances, the Local Taxation Manager or Director of Community and Communications be given delegated responsibility to use their discretion.