FOI Request - Non-Payment of Council Tax Due to COVID-19
Request 101002583878
All information on the inability of householders to pay council tax as a result of COVID-19. This should include any report or communication which indicates the numbers of council tax payers involved, their reasons for non-payment plus any calculation of how much council income could be reduced as a result. For clarification, I do not require copies of individual letters or emails from council tax payers, indicating their difficulty.
Response 25-09-2020
To provide this information would require individual examination of all documents received during this period, costing the Council in excess of £600. In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, excessive cost, we are therefore unable to comply with your request.
There has been a decrease in income for Council Tax, however it is not possible to pinpoint if this is solely due to COVID-19. We are therefore unable to provide a figure on how much Council Tax income could be lost as a result of COVID-19.