Decision details

The Executive Member for Finance submitted a report recommending the calculation of the council tax base for the whole District and for each parish and town council for 2012/13.

Council approved the recommendations as now detailed.

RESOLVED – that (A) from 1 April 2012, 90% of the full council tax continue to be charged in respect of second homes, the charge in respect of long term empty properties be increased from 90% to 100% and the council tax base for East Herts and each of its parish and town councils be calculated as set out in the report submitted; and

(B)      in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992, the amount calculated by East Hertfordshire Council as its council tax base for the whole area for 2012/13 shall be 58576.71 and for the parish areas for 2012/13 the amount shown in column A (Table 1 of the report submitted), to be increased by 50.97 for the whole area and for each parish or town by the amounts in column B (Table 1 of the report submitted) by the removal of the long term empty discount.