How your 2017-18 Council Tax was worked out
The Council Tax for Dover District Council is worked out by looking at what money is needed to run the services we provide, based on what we have set as our budget for the coming year.
The total amount of Council Tax we need to collect is identified as the difference between the budget we need and the money we already have to spend on services. This is shown in the table below:
How your 2017/18 Council Tax is worked out
| Budget Summary | 2017/18
Budget
£’000 | 2016/17
Budget
£’000 |
Difference
% |
|---|
| Net Budget 2016/17 |
13,989 |
|
|
| Inflation |
149 |
|
|
| Net increases in income and grants (see Note 1) |
-595 |
|
|
| Net use of reserves & balances |
144 |
|
|
| One-offs |
-39 |
|
|
| Growth (see Note 2 below) |
695 |
|
|
| Identified savings |
-541 |
|
|
| Net Budget 2017/18 |
13,802 |
13,989 |
-1.34% |
| Less: Funding: |
|
|
|
Business Rates Share (incl. S31 Grant, Enterprise Zone relief & Renewable
Energy retained) |
4,793 |
4,661 |
-2.83% |
Government Revenue Support Grant (incl. Council Tax Support
Funding) |
1,027 |
1,758 |
41.58% |
| New Homes Bonus Grant |
1,874 |
1,898 |
1.26% |
| Collection Fund Deficit – Business Rates |
-728 |
-724 |
|
| Collection Fund Surplus – Council Tax |
236 |
145 |
|
| Total Funding |
7,202 |
7,738 |
6.93% |
| Expenditure to be met by Council Tax payers |
6,559.7 |
6,251.3 |
5.57% |
| Divided by equivalent number of Band D properties |
37,204.40 |
36,251.91 |
-2.63% |
| |
£ |
£ |
% |
| Dover Tax level (Band D) |
177.39 |
172.44 |
2.87% |
| Add: |
|
|
|
| Kent County Council precept |
1,178.82 |
1,133.55 |
3.99% |
| The Police & Crime Commissioner for Kent precept |
157.15 |
152.15 |
3.29% |
| Kent & Medway Fire and Rescue Service precept |
73.35 |
72.00 |
1.88% |
| Council Tax level (Band D) |
1,586.71 |
1,530.14 |
3.70% |
Notes:
- Income and grants increases include additional property income.
- Growth includes additional planning resources to facilitate regeneration in the district and also the additional cost to provide emergency accommodation for the homeless.
- Loan liabilities – the council’s total outstanding borrowings from external organisations on 31 March 2017 were estimated at £87.76 million.
How your Council Tax is worked out - previous years