Council Tax 2025/26
February 27, 2025 Council Meeting (Other) Key decision Approved View on council websiteFull council record
Purpose
The Council Meeting
will set the Council Tax for 2024/25, and the precept levels as
appropriate.
Content
The Council Meeting
has agreed:-
(1) That it be noted
that on 16 January 2025, the Council has calculated the Council Tax
base for 2025/26 as:
·
99,339.6 for the whole Council area. [Item T in the formula in
Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended
(the "Act")]
(2) That the Council
Meeting approve the Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s
own purposes for 2025/26 as being £206,234,970.
(3) That the following
amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2025/26 in
accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance
Act 1992:
(a)
£867,902,681 being the aggregate of the amounts which the
Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(2) of the
Act (Appendix Two).
(b)
£661,667,711 being the aggregate of the amounts which the
Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(3) of the
Act (Appendix Two).
(c)
£206,234,970 being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a)
above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the
Council, in accordance with section 31A(4) of the Act, as its
Council Tax Requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in
Section 31B of the Act). (Appendix Two).
(d)
£2,076.06 being the amount at 3(c) above, all divided by Item
T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with
section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for
the year.
(e)
£0 being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to
in section 34(1) of the Act.
(f)
£2,076.06 being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given
by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by the amount by Item T (1(a)
above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 34(2)
of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year for
dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item
relates.
(4) That it be noted
that for the year 2025/26 the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner
precept for Greater Manchester and the Mayoral General precept
(including Fire Services) have been issued to the Council in
accordance with section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act
1992, for each category of dwellings in the Council's area as
indicated in the table below.
(5) That the Council,
in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government
Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the
tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2025/26 for each
part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.
Valuation Bands
Authority
£
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Stockport Metropolitan
Borough Council
1,384.04
1,614.71
1,845.39
2,076.06
2,537.41
2,998.75
3,460.10
4,152.12
Mayoral Police and
Crime Commissioner Precept
180.20
210.23
240.26
270.30
330.36
390.43
450.50
540.60
Mayoral General
Precept (including Fire Services)
85.97
100.29
114.62
128.95
157.61
186.26
214.92
257.90
AGGREGATE OF COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENTS
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Stockport Metropolitan
Borough Council Area
1,650.21
1,925.23
2,200.27
2,475.31
3,025.38
3,575.44
4,125.52
4,950.62
(6) That the Council,
in accordance with section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act
1992 hereby determines that the Council’s relevant basic
amount of council tax for 2025/26 is not excessive in accordance
with the principles determined by the Secretary of State under
section 52ZC of the Act.
Related Meeting
Budget, Council Meeting - Thursday, 27th February, 2025 6.00 pm on February 27, 2025
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| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 27 Feb 2025 |