To consider a report on the setting of the Tax Base in respect of Council Tax for 2012/13 and related issues.

Members considered the submitted report which set out the Council’s tax base for council tax purposes for 2012/13.

It was proposed by Councillor Tyerman and seconded by Councillor Pritchard:

(i)         that the calculation of the Council Tax Base for the year 2012/13 be approved as shown in Appendix 1 of the submitted report;

(ii)        that the calculation of the Brixham Town Council Tax Base for the year 2012/13 be approved as shown in Appendix 2 of the submitted report;

(iii)       that, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax base) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, the amount calculated by Torbay Council as its Council Tax base for the year 2012/13 should be 49,021.42;

(iv)       that, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax base) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, the amount calculated by Torbay Council as the Council Tax base for Brixham Town Council for the year 2012/13 should be 6,664.97;  and

(v)        that the estimated distribution on the Collection Fund as shown in paragraph A1.13 to the submitted report be approved.

On being put to the vote, the motion was declared carried.