Non-Domestic Ratepayers - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Non-Domestic Ratepayers
FOI Number: 350
Date Received: 06/04/2022
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: This is a request for information, filed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We wish to obtain information, from the Council, relating to unclaimed credits for non-domestic ratepayers.We therefore request a list of both credit balances and credit balance write ons accrued since your earliest records, for the amounts owing to all "incorporated" companies within the authorities billing area, including* The name of each ratepayer for which the credit or credit write on relates to.* The value of overpayment in each case.
* The year(s) in which overpayment was made.
* The hereditament address.
Please note that no personal data (as defined under the Data Protection Act 1998) is requested and any personal data contained within files concerning Non-Domestic Rates is exempted from this request.
Response: I can advise that all credit balances are reviewed on a monthly basis and have either been refunded or are being investigated.

Unfortunately our system does not allow us to separate between credit balances written back on to the system and other manual adjustments therefore the information you require is not held. As we do not hold this information it is therefore exempt under Section 17 of FOISA.