Decision details

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

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.