Decision

RESOLVE TO RECOMMEND
 
1. To recommended that Council
changes the council tax support scheme from April 2024
to:

a.   
increase the backdating period for working age CTS
applications to three months in line with pension age
applications;

b.   
remove the restriction for residents in properties
from bands E to H for maximum CTS to be calculated using band
D.
 
2. Approved an additional one off payment of support
to Council Tax Support Claimants.
 
3. Cabinet approved the Collection Fund surplus
estimate of £665,115.33 as at 31 March 2024. The Dacorum
Borough Council share of this surplus is
£77,517.77.
 
RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND
 
4. Cabinet recommended to Council
that Dacorum’s share of the Council tax surplus
(£77,517.77) be transferred to the funding equalisation
reserve, specifically to manage fluctuations in the collection fund
position.
 
5. Cabinet approved the payment profile for the
surplus identified at 3) above and contained at section 2.39 to
this report (Table 4).
 
6. Cabinet approved the calculation of the
Council’s tax base for the year 2024/25 incorporating an
estimated collection rate of 98.5%.
 
7. Agreed that, in
accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base)
Regulations 2012, the amount calculated by the Council as its tax
base for the year 2024/25 shall be 60,276.5 and its constituent
elements shall be