Purpose

To agree to write off debts in
accordance with the Council’s policies

Content

Resolved
 

(1)          
That, having given due consideration, the proposed
bad debt write offs summarised in exempt Appendix A, which details
debts recommended for write-off relating to Council Tax debts where
the value exceeds £5,000, be approved.
 

(2)          
That, having given due consideration, the proposed
bad debt write offs summarised in exempt Appendix B, which
details Business Rates debts recommended for write-off where the
values exceeds £10,000, be approved.
 

(3)          
That the proposed write off of
debts where the value is less than £5,000.00 for Council Tax
and less than £10,000. for Business Rates but all recovery
methods have been exhausted, which have been reviewed by the S151
Officer and are available to be reviewed on request, be
approved.
 

(4)          
That it be noted that the
constitution gives a delegation to the S151 Officer to write off
bad debts for Business Rates up to the value of £10,000 and
up to the value of £5,000 for non-business rates bad debt and
that following this review the S151 Officer will operate under this
delegation and periodically update the Executive on the actions
taken.