Decision details

DISCRETIONARY RELIEF AND EXEMPTION POLICIES

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

1.That from 1st April 2017 all Care Leavers receive a full exemption from Council Tax up until their 25th birthday.

 

2. That the Executive notes and approves the proposed amendments to the existing policies to take account of new guidance and case law, as well as the wider changes to the welfare system and new business rates discretionary funding.

3. That Exchequer Services amalgamates all its discretionary policies and has one combined policy, separated by sections for each function, but with amalgamated decision making and appeal scheme of delegation governance.

Report author: Corporate Director Transformation and Resources

Publication date: 27/06/2017

Date of decision: 26/06/2017

Decided at meeting: 26/06/2017 - Executive

Effective from: 05/07/2017

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