Wirral Council plans to collect over £15m in outstanding debt, including council tax and rates owed by residents and businesses. The debt has decreased slightly from the previous year but has increased significantly compared to 2019. The council collected £95.5m in council tax in 2022-23, with a collection rate of 97.2%. A portion of the debt has been outstanding for over five years.
According to the council's unaudited accounts for 2022-23, it is owed £15.6m from council tax and rates from businesses. This is a decrease by nearly £400,000 from 2021 when debts were more than £16m but an increase of £6m compared to 2019.
Council tax is a tax on households decided by local authorities across the UK with a new level set every year. It is based on the estimated value of a house as well as the number of people living in it. A Wirral Council spokesperson said: "The council utilises all appropriate available recovery tools to ensure that local taxation debts are collected in accordance with the council’s policies.
He said: "That has always been a concern of mine and I have always sought assurance that we are taking the utmost measures to recover that money. Cllr Green said there was "a desperately sad irony" when this money could have gone towards different services, adding: "Every other tax payer in Wirral is having to subsidise this appalling level of non-collection."
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