FOI request (FOIR-553574558)

Council Tax Overpayments

Requested Wed 11 October 2023
Responded  Thu 19 October 2023

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request data on the total amount of credits and overpayments (£) held in CLOSED council tax accounts by the council between the tax years for 2021/22 and 2022/23. I am also requesting the total number of such accounts in the same period.

If it is not possible to provide a breakdown of credits by financial year and they are instead only recorded on a rolling basis, could I get the total value of current credits (£) and the total number of accounts in credit as of the current date.

I am also requesting the main reasons why residents have overpaid on their council tax during these periods.

Response

Tax Year 2021/22

Number of Closed Accounts - 544

Total Credits/Overpayments - £96,353.40

Tax Year 2022/23

Number of Closed Accounts - 816

Total Credits/Overpayments - £150,824.00

As they are closed accounts, the main reason would generally be due to an overpayment on the amount due up to the date of closure.