Council Tax

park381 · 24-02-2005, 16:58

From this weeks Observer
http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/..._id=12067.html

Tealeaf · 24-02-2005, 17:05

Can someone please explain the 8.2% rise?

park381 · 24-02-2005, 17:07

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Can someone please explain the 8.2% rise?

May be the Cllr's are getting an expense increase

Acrylic-bob · 24-02-2005, 17:13

The local Government Minister has said that council tax increases should be under 5% for the coming year. When it is all added together it is. But HBC have put their share of the pie up by 8.2%. Which, to be fair, is not as bad as it could have been.

park381 · 24-02-2005, 17:20

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

The local Government Minister has said that council tax increases should be under 5% for the coming year. When it is all added together it is. But HBC have put their share of the pie up by 8.2%. Which, to be fair, is not as bad as it could have been.

Thats true, but look at all the additional income they will get if this goes ahead
http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/..._id=12060.html

WillowTheWhisp · 24-02-2005, 17:28

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Council bosses have also sent out a reassuring messsage that its finances are in good shape after it was announced in December 2003 that the borough faced a £1.8M overspend.

Since then, finance chiefs say, the figure has been brought down to a predicted overspend of £162,000.

So where have they managed to find all this money from so that they are not going to be as much in debt as they originally told us?

It reminds me of a joke:

Dad finds a note on his son's bed which reads:

Dear Mum and Dad,
by the time you read this I will have moved in with LilacBlossom. We are so very much in love. She doesn't mind the age difference and she is really looking forward to the birth of our baby. In fact she says she'd love to have more and wants to get on with it as soon as possible because she could hit the change any time now. She has really done wonders with the caravan and there's plenty of room for the three of us. It's great that its parked down by the river because that solves the water and sanitation problems. Lilac says as soon as I'm old enough to get a job we can claim more benefits but meanwhile we've got a great source of income with her garden. The canabis plants are coming on a treat and we've got loads of customers lined up. The ones who can't pay us in cash are going to trade for LSD or extasy so we can go into the big time. Lilac thinks of everything. She really is a gem.
Your loving son,
Ron
P.S. I made this all up but after you've got over the shock my school report won't seem half as bad by comparison. It's in my top drawer. I'm actually at my mate John's. Just give me a call when it's safe to come home.

park381 · 24-02-2005, 21:29

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

So where have they managed to find all this money from so that they are not going to be as much in debt as they originally told us?

Oh yes the debt will be correct, but they forgot the creative accounts bit