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Salford City Council - Record of Decision
 
I, Councillor Youd, Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for
Finance, Support Services and Regeneration, in exercise of the
powers contained within the City Council Constitution, do hereby
approve the proposed write-off of
irrecoverable debts as outlined below: -
                                                                         

Council Tax
- £2,322,295.49.
Housing
Benefit Overpayments - £92,923.54.
 
The
Reasons are:
The liabilities mentioned in the
report for write-off are irrecoverable.
 
Options considered and rejected were:  
To leave outstanding amounts on
the accounts for a further period.
 
Assessment of Risk:
The write-off of irrecoverable
amounts is an essential part of account administration. The total
write-off value is for debts in this report, which are debts from
all years from years 1993 to present, as a percentage of the
council tax net collectable debit for financial year 2024/2025 is
1.23%.
 
The
source of funding is:
The bad debt
provision.
 
Legal Advice
obtained:The specific write off categories are clear and
cover the most common scenarios where the legal advice from my team
would be that the debt be written off as
non-recoverable.
 
Financial Advice obtained:                                                                                    
There are sufficient provisions
available to cover the cost of the proposed write offs.
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:
Some of the relevant documents
contain exempt or confidential information and are not available
for public inspection. Other
documents which are in the public domain are the relevant write-off
strategies
 
Contact
Officer:Penny Mitchell
– Service Manager – Council Tax
Tel: 0161
793 3460          
Email: penny.mitchell@salford.gov.uk
 
 
The decision is not subject to
consideration by another Lead Member.
 
The appropriate scrutiny panel
to call-in the decision is the Overview and Scrutiny
Board.
 
 
Signed: Councillor
Youd                                             
         
Date: 15th November 2024
Deputy City Mayor and Lead
Member for Finance, Support Services & Regeneration
                                                                                            
                              
 
This decision was published on
19th November 2024.
 
This decision will come into
force at 4.00pm on 26th November 2024, unless it is
called-in in accordance with the decision-making process
rules.