Issue - meetings

The Executive Member for Finance & Governance.

RESOLVED:

That the Executive approve:

1.     That thirteen irrecoverable debts totalling £148,119.89 (Annex 1) be written out of the Council’s accounts.

The Executive received the Debt Write Off & Recovery 2021/22 report which set out the action and reasons for recommending debts proposed for write-off during the previous year 2021/22 as part of the annual accounting process.

These 13 debts related to non-payment of National Non Domestic Rates (NNDR or Business Rates), Council Tax, Benefit overpayments and sundry debts, totalling £148,119.89 (set out in Annex 1).

The Executive Member for Finance and Governance noted that all possible action had been taken to recover these debts by the Council. If further information was received or the circumstances surrounding a debt change then debt recovery can be pursued again. The write-offs in the previous year represented less than one per cent of the Council’s annual budget.

RESOLVED:

That the Executive approve:

1.     That thirteen irrecoverable debts totalling £148,119.89 (Annex 1) be written out of the Council’s accounts.