Financial services
Financial Services exist as support services to ensure the Council meets its statutory duties or directly as a result of the legislative requirement to undertake a function
Most of the sections within Financial Services exist as support services to ensure the Council meets its statutory duties or directly as a result of the legislative requirement to undertake a function. These include:
- Duty to administer assessment and payment of Housing and Council Tax Benefit, Revenues and Benefits.
- Duty to levy and collect Council Tax, Revenues and Benefits.
- Duty to collect National None Domestic Rates (NNDR) on behalf of the Governments Revenues and Benefits.
- Responsibilities under the S151 of the Local Government Act 1972 with regard to current council affairs - Financial Management, Audit.
- Accounts and Audit Regulations and related statutory financial codes - Financial Management, Audit.
- Duty of Corporate Governance - Risk Management.
- Duties as an employer to make payments/returns etc to Inland Revenue etc - Paymaster Services.
In addition, certain Council policies have a direct impact on some Financial Services operations at Service level:
- Anti Fraud Policy
- Anti Poverty Strategy
- Health and Safety
- Equality
- Sustainability
- Risk Management