I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request data on the total amount of credits and overpayments (£) held in CLOSED council tax accounts by the council between the tax years for 2021/22 and 2022/23. I am also requesting the total number of such accounts in the same period.
Please provide the information in the form of a simple table like the example below:
Tax year Number of closed accounts in credit Total credits/ overpayments (£)
2021/22 e.g. 508 e.g. £54,678.09
2022/23
If it is not possible to provide a breakdown of credits by financial year and they are instead only recorded on a rolling basis, could I get the total value of current credits (£) and the total number of accounts in credit as of the current date.
I am also requesting the main reasons why residents have overpaid on their council tax during these periods.