How your 2021-22 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:
Council Tax budget summary 2021-22
| Budget Summary | 2021/22
Budget
£’000 | 2020/21
Budget
£’000 | Difference
% |
|---|
| Net Budget 2020/21 |
17,729 |
|
|
| Inflation |
505 |
|
|
| Net increases in income/grants (see notes below) |
-590 |
|
|
| Net contribution to reserves & balances (see notes below) |
-1,058 |
|
|
| One-offs (see notes below) |
1,895 |
|
|
| Growth (see notes below) |
1,317 |
|
|
| Identified savings (see notes below) |
-2,016 |
|
|
| Net Budget 2021/22 |
17,782 |
17,729 |
0.30% |
| Less: Funding: |
|
|
|
| Business Rates Share |
7,344 |
8,342 |
-11.95% |
| Government Revenue Support & Other Grants |
418 |
67 |
533.24% |
| New Homes Bonus Grant |
990 |
1,733 |
-42.90% |
| Covid Grants |
1,301 |
0 |
|
| Collection Fund Deficit |
40 |
84 |
|
| Total Funding |
10,093 |
10,226 |
-1.36% |
| Expenditure to be met by Council Tax payers |
7,689 |
7,503 |
2.57% |
| Divided by equivalent number of Band D properties |
38,993.94 |
39,029.75 |
-0.09% |
| |
£ |
£ |
% |
| Dover Tax level (Band D) |
197.19 |
192.24 |
2.57% |
| Add: |
|
|
|
| Kent County Council precept |
1,418.76 |
1,351.26 |
5.00% |
| The Police & Crime Commissioner for Kent precept |
218.15 |
203.15 |
7.38% |
| Kent & Medway Fire and Rescue Authority precept |
80.82 |
79.29 |
1.93% |
| Council Tax level (Band D) |
1,914.92 |
1,825.94 |
4.87% |
Notes:
- Includes increase in Green Waste & Development Control income and increased funding for Homelessness.
- Includes £0.5m application of balances to finance forecast deficit due to pressures from Covid 19.
- Allowance for additional pressures and reduction in income streams from the impact of Covid 19.
- Includes additional costs from contract renewals.
- Target savings and income generation to offset pressures faced from Covid 19.