- Purpose
- To demonstrate the value of sharing local authority council tax debt data with HMRC to reduce and manage council tax debt. The pilot data share will help to
manage and reduce council tax arrears;
develop Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s recovery procedures;
identify customers whose circumstances make them vulnerable and provide them with appropriate advice and support; and
enforce appropriate recovery action.
- Information sharing benefits
- Increase in Council Tax debt recovered
Increase of in-year collection rate
identification of vulnerable debtors who can be signposted for assistance within or without the council; where they engage with the Local Authority;
Increase in debt recovery due to knowledge of PAYE and self-assessment information
- Disclosed information
- Name; address and contact or forwarding address of Council Tax customers who have received a liability order for failure to pay Council Tax disclosed to HMRC; and HMRC to supply PAYE and Self Assessment data.
- Information sharing method
- Government Secure Email
- Contact
- Informationrequests@barnsley.gov.uk
- Start date
- 2019-04-01
- End date
- 2020-03-31
- Review date
- Retention period
- P1Y
- Isa status
- Complete
- Id
- 87
- Notes
- no change
- Updated
- 06 November 2024