29 May (Part 2) - Cock-ups everywhere
Yesterday's
piece on Bexley Council not yet paying the Council Tax rebate to 25% of
their 55,635 Direct Debit payers came from a reader who I know to be an
accountant but it has been brought to my attention that both he and I failed to
take account (the last paragraph of the text in the oblique font) of those
residents who do not pay their tax by Direct Debit.
A mistake that one apparently well informed reader wishes to enlarge upon.
He says that Bexley Council received an allocation of £10,952,100 and £5,808,937
has not yet been paid out and I was referred to the government website for
confirmation.
The reader goes on to say that Bexley has been given a further £667,200 to fund
discretionary payments but they have kept quiet about it. Their website does not
make reference to it and there is no acknowledged application procedure.
He says “In a nutshell Bexley Council is sitting on a lot of money that should be given to residents. I hope I
get my rebate before 30th September because that is when the money goes back to central government”.