Response 3814852

Response to request for information

Reference

3814852

Response date

7 October 2025

Request

Please note, I am not requesting business rates data but council tax accounts held by companies such as charities e.g housing associations and property developers etc.

Could you please including the following data in the response: 

1. The company name to which the account in credit relates to. 
2. The value of overpayment. 
3. The years(s) the overpayment relates to. 
4. The property address the credit relates to. 
5. Whether the account is a live/open account or a closed account. 
6. The date that the data was generated. 

Response

As council tax is primarily individuals we can’t identify any of these that don’t relate to individuals.

Also Information in respect of credit balances is considered exempt under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (prevention or detection of crime) as its disclosure could result in fraudulent refund claims being made to the Council for these credit balances.