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Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
While the Council endeavours to collect all
debts due to the Council, there will inevitably be some debts that
remain irrecoverable. Individual debts of up to £50,000 can
be written-off using delegated powers. This report will seek
authority to write off individual debts in 2017 - 2018 of over
£50,000 and also provide a summary of debts written off using
delegated authority.
The Leader presented report FIN/436 of the Head of Finance, Revenues and Benefits. The purpose of this report was to obtain approval to write-off a debt that was considered to be irrecoverable and exceed the delegated limit of £50,000 per write-off. It was noted that a summary of debts to be written-off under delegated powers was also contained within the report. The Leader commented that he had been privy to the lengths that the finance team go to in chasing debts owed to the Council and was satisfied that it was now in the Council’s best interest to write off the proposed irrecoverable debts in line with accounting best practice.
RESOLVED
That the Cabinet approves the write-off of amounts exceeding £50,000 as detailed in the table below:
Name and Address |
Reason |
Total £ |
Trustees of Emergency Aid Victory House Manor Royal |
Charity in Liquidation |
107,181.80
|
Mar City Homes Ltd Zurich House East Park |
Received part payment following Court action |
61,952.85 |
|
|
169,134.65 |
Reasons for the Recommendations
The Council’s Constitution necessitates amounts exceeding £50,000 requiring writeoff to be approved by the Cabinet.
Report author: Karen Hayes
Publication date: 29/03/2018
Date of decision: 21/03/2018
Decided at meeting: 21/03/2018 - Cabinet
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