How your 2015/16 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 2015/16 Council Tax was worked out
| Budget Summary | 2015/16
£’000 | 2014/15
£’000 | Difference
% |
|---|
| Net Budget 2014/15 |
14,793 |
|
|
| Inflation |
215 |
|
|
| Net decreases in income and grants |
9 |
|
|
| Contributions to reserves & balances |
270 |
|
|
| One-offs |
122 |
|
|
| Growth (please see the note below) |
943 |
|
|
| Identified savings |
-187 |
|
|
| Net Budget 2015/16 |
16,165 |
14,793 |
9.28% |
| Less: Funding: |
|
|
|
| Business Rates Share (incl. S31 Grant & Enterprise Zone relief) |
-5,669 |
-3,847 |
47.36% |
| Government Revenue Support Grant (incl. Council Tax Support Funding) |
-2,529 |
-3,698 |
-31.61% |
| New Homes Bonus Grant |
-1,570 |
-1,296 |
21.14% |
| Council Tax Freeze Compensation |
-138 |
-58 |
|
| Collection Fund Surplus – Business Rates |
-200 |
0 |
|
| Collection Fund Surplus – Council Tax |
-112 |
-20 |
|
| Total Funding |
10,218 |
8,919 |
14.56% |
| Expenditure to be met by Council Tax payers |
5,946.5 |
5,874.0 |
1.23% |
| Divided by equivalent number of Band D properties |
35,503.73 |
35,070.45 |
1.23% |
| Dover Tax level (Band D) |
£167.49 |
£167.49 |
0.00% |
| Add: |
|
|
|
| Kent County Council precept |
£1,089.99 |
£1,068.66 |
2.00% |
| The Police & Crime Commissioner for Kent precept |
£147.15 |
£144.28 |
1.99% |
| Kent & Medway Fire and Rescue Service precept |
£70.65 |
£69.30 |
1.95% |
| Council Tax level (Band D) |
£1,475.28 |
£1,449.73 |
1.76% |
Note: growth includes additional planning and legal resources to facilitate regeneration in the district, a further commitment to apprenticeships, additional corporate maintenance for essential repairs to corporate assets, and a new procurement manager post targeted with achieving financial savings and efficiencies.
Loan liabilities: the council’s total outstanding borrowings from external organisations on 31 March 2015 were estimated at £91.89 million.