FOI request (FOIR-404281643)

Council tax refunds

Requested Mon 28 February 2022
Responded Mon 14 March 2022

1. What was the total amount that all closed or dormant council tax accounts were in credit by for the following financial years:

a. April 1 2018 - March 31 2019

b. April 1 2019 - March 31 2020

c. April 1 2020 - March 31 2021

d. April 1 2021 - present (February 25 2022)

2. What was the single highest amount that a closed or dormant council tax account was in credit by for the following financial years:

a. April 1 2018 - March 31 2019

b. April 1 2019 - March 31 2020

c. April 1 2020 - March 31 2021

d. April 1 2021 - present (February 25 2022)

3. What was the total amount of money given out in council tax refunds by the council for the following financial years:

a. April 1 2018 - March 31 2019

b. April 1 2019 - March 31 2020

c. April 1 2020 - March 31 2021

d. April 1 2021 - present (February 25 2022)

4. What was the single highest council tax refund given out by the council for the following financial years:

a. April 1 2018 - March 31 2019

b. April 1 2019 - March 31 2020

c. April 1 2020 - March 31 2021

d. April 1 2021 - present (February 25 2022)

Response

Please see below our response to your Freedom of Information request. We are unable to split off credits for closed/dormant accounts in any of the 4 requested, they will be made up of the following:

Closed Accounts, Overpayments, Discounts/exemptions granted, Band Reductions, Deletion of properties, Council Tax Reduction granted.

We are also unable to give the totals by each year they are actually for, as council tax is billed on a multi-year basis. Therefore any balances or credits owing from a previous year are brought forward to the next, so for 1 and 2 we cannot give a true picture by year.

1. £662,857.18

2. £12,830.88

3a. £622,000.32

3b. £614,964.77

3c. £562,478.48

3d. £756,063.05

4a. £7,991.24

4b. £8,921.86

4c. £3,285.58

4d. £9,433.88