Agenda and decisions

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I, Councillor Hinds, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve the proposed write-off of irrecoverable debts as outlined below: -

Council Tax                                                                 £188,989.87                                         

Housing Benefit Overpayments                                 £  16,928.01

The Reasons are: The liabilities mentioned in the report for write-off are irrecoverable.

Options considered and rejected were: To leave outstanding amounts on the accounts for a further period.

Assessment of Risk: The write-off irrecoverable amounts is an essential part of account administration.

The source of funding is: The bad debt provision.

Legal Advice obtained: N/A

Financial Advice obtained: The bad debt provision has been confirmed.

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process.

Some of the relevant documents contain exempt or confidential information and are not available for public inspection. Other documents which are in the public domain are the relevant write-off strategies.

Contact Officer: Penny Higgins, Service Manager – Council Tax                 Tel. 0161 793 3640

This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member. 

The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the Overview and Scrutiny Board.

FOR COMMITTEE SERVICES USE ONLY

This decision was published on 2^nd March 2021.

This decision will come in force at 4.00 pm on 9^th March 2021, unless it is called-in in accordance with the decision-making process rules.

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I, Councillor Hinds, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution, do herby approve:

The write-off of irrecoverable debts for Business Rates to the value of £50,837.75

and note the write-on value of £51,742.58

The Reasons are: The liabilities mentioned in the report for write-off are irrecoverable.

Options considered and rejected were: To leave outstanding amounts on the accounts for a further period.

Assessment of Risk: The write-off irrecoverable amounts is an essential part of account administration.

The source of funding is: The bad debt provision.

Legal Advice obtained: N/A

Financial Advice obtained: The bad debt provision has been confirmed.

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process:

Detailed list of accounts to be written-off (not available to the public)

Case files have been prepared for high value debts where current recovery methods have been unsuccessful and where appropriate evidence of working with legal specialist for complex business rates recovery service (not available to the public)

Some of the relevant documents contain exempt or confidential information and are not available for public inspection. Other documents which are in the public domain are the relevant write-off strategies

Contact Officer: Jane Betts, Service Manager – Business Rates                 Tel. 0161 793 2710

This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.

The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the Overview & Scrutiny Board.

FOR COMMITTEE SERVICES USE ONLY

This decision was published on 2^nd March 2021.

This decision will come in force at 4.00 pm on 9^th March 2021, unless it is called-in in accordance with the decision-making process rules.