Council rating and revenue raising manual

Council Rating and Revenue Raising Manual Stormwater Management Service Charge Guidelines Tendering Guidelines Integrated Planning and Reporting Manual The LGA requires the Council to undertake an Integrated Planning and Reporting (IPR) process. This includes the preparation of a Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP). In view of the importance of rating to council revenue raising, and the level of ratepayer concern about the rating system, the government conducted reviews of rating including: • The Oakes Report (Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Rating and . Some of the most significant limitations on the local revenue-raising include: • Property taxes may not be increased except with a two-thirds vote to fund a general obligation bond. • The allocation of local property tax among a county, and cities, special districts and school districts within each county is controlled by the Legislature.

Rating. Council Rating And Revenue Raising Manual – January ; Stormwater Management Service Charge Guidelines; Council Circular – Amendment To The Local Government Act – Rating Of Land Partially Subject To A Conservation Agreement; Permissible Income Workpapers ; Variations. OLG – Special Variation Guidelines The NSW Office of Local Government’s Council Rating and Revenue Raising Manual requires that revenue from the DWM charge must be kept separate from general rating income, and only used for expenditure related to DWM (see p 56 of the manual). DLG Rating Revenue Raising Manual. Centrelink. D.V.A. Assets Tests. Department of Local Government. Land and Property Information. Valuation of Land Act Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act NSW Legislation (Parliamentary Counsels Office): the Local Gov't Act associated Regulations. Local Government Shires Association of NSW.

In view of the importance of rating to council revenue raising, and the level of ratepayer concern about the rating system, the government. The legislation sets out the procedures required to ensure that a council's revenue raising powers are correctly utilised. Revenue and Rating Plan establishes the revenue raising framework Rates are essentially property taxes that allow Council to raise.