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Present for this item:
Councillors Kate Booth, Tristan Chatfield, John Cotton, Jayne Francis, Paulette Hamilton, John O’Shea, Ian Ward, Waseem Zaffar.
On 21 January 2020, Cabinet unanimously by 8 votes for and 0 votes against:-
(i) Approved the implementation of a change permitted by legislation as stated in the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018, that allows the Council to charge a premium on long term empty properties, that have been empty for at least 5 years, of 200% of Council Tax from 1st April 2020. This follows on from the implementation of a 100% premium for all long-term empty properties that was approved in the 2019/20 Tax Base report;
(ii) Approved a Council Tax base for Birmingham of 254,654 Band D equivalent properties, for 2020/21, as calculated in Appendix 2 to the report, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012;
(iii) Approved a Council Tax base for the New Frankley in Birmingham Parish Council of 1,366 Band D equivalent properties for 2020/21, as calculated in Appendix 3 to the report;
(iv) Approved a Council Tax base for the Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council of 37,101 Band D equivalent properties for 2020/21, as calculated in Appendix 4 to the report;
(v) Noted that there are no changes to the current Council Tax Support Scheme in 2020/21.
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