Issue - meetings
Irrecoverable Business Rates
Meeting: 29/07/2015 - Policy and Resources Committee (Item 36)
36 Report of the Head of Revenues and Benefits - Irrecoverable Business Rates 
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Decision:
That the unpaid business rates debt as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Head of Revenues and Benefits be approved for write off.
Minutes:
The Head of Revenues
and Benefits presented his report on the business rates debt
accrued where the council had exhausted all options to collect the
debt and has no prospect of recovery.
It was noted that there was not a mechanism currently in place for
the Council to recover costs associated with companies that had
gone into liquidation. It was therefore
agreed that Officers raised this with the LGA to see if there would
be widespread support amongst other Authorities to lobby Government
on this.
RESOLVED: That the unpaid business rates debt as set out in
Appendix A to the report of the Head of Revenues and Benefits be
approved for write off.
Voting:
For: 15 Against: 0
Abstentions:
0