Freedom of information response
Total Amount of Council Tax Credits and Overpayments
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request data on the total amount of credits and overpayments (£) held in CLOSED council tax accounts by the council between the tax years for 2021/22 and 2022/23. I am also requesting the total number of such accounts in the same period.
Please provide the information in the form of a simple table with the Tax Year, Number of closed accounts in credit, and Total credits/overpayments (£).
If it is not possible to provide a breakdown of credits by financial year and they are instead only recorded on a rolling basis, could I get the total value of current credits (£) and the total number of accounts in credit as of the current date.
I am also requesting the main reasons why residents have overpaid on their council tax during these periods.
|
Accounts closed in year ending |
Number of accounts |
Current total credits/overpayments |
|
31 March 2022 |
302 |
£55,459.07 |
|
31 March 2023 |
736 |
£120,725.68 |
The main reasons for these credits are:
- Cases where the payer has vacated with no forwarding address or point of contact and waiting further investigation in order to action refund
- Cases where a refund claim form has been requested in order to action refund.