2021-06-30 SM - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - 2021-22 Budget Document

Revenue Statement - 2021/22


       Where the amount of the error exceeds $50.00:
        The ratepayer will be advised in writing of the error and given 14 days to pay the shortfall. If
        the shortfall is paid by the extended due date so advised, the full discount will be allowed at
        that time.
Allowance of discount in these circumstances will not be allowed if any transposition error or addition
error exceeds 20% of the total net rates payable on the single rate notice or the number of rate
notices paid at one time.

2.4         Pensioner Concessions
Council’s pensioner rate concession to eligible pensioners will be allowed under chapter 4, part 10
of the Regulation.

            Eligibility Criteria
The pensioner:
1.      Must meet the eligibility criteria contained in the Queensland Government’s Pensioner Rate
        Subsidy Scheme and must possess a current, valid qualifying concession card, namely:
            Pensioner Concession Card issued by Centrelink or the Department of Veteran Affairs or
            Repatriation Health (Gold) Card - (for all Conditions) issued by the Department of Veteran
             Affairs; and
2.      Must be the sole owner or co-owner, or be an eligible life tenant, in accordance with the
        guidelines for the State Government Rate Subsidy Scheme, of property within the Shire, which
        is their principal place of residence, and must have (either solely or with a co-owner) the legal
        responsibility for payment of rates and charges Council levies in respect of the property; and
        In the case of co-ownership, the concession will apply only to the approved pensioner’s
        proportionate share of the applicable rates and charges, except where the co-owners are an
        approved pensioner and his/ her spouse. The concession will apply to the full amount of
        applicable rates and charges; and
3.      Must, if a ‘first time’ applicant, lodge and complete the prescribed application, to become
        entitled to a rate concession. The information on this application form will be used by Council
        to verify the eligibility of all pensioners (Centrelink and Veteran Affairs pension recipients).
        Upon proof of eligibility, the entitlement to a concession will commence from either the card
        start date shown on the Pensioner Concession Card or the date of occupation of their principal
        place of residence or the start date of the current rating period, whichever is the latest. Such
        entitlement shall continue until the sale of that property or until the entitlement to a pension
        ceases to exist; and
4.      Must, if an ‘existing’ applicant, lodge another application if required by Council or on the
        acquisition of a replacement property within the shire. Entitlements to a concession will
        continue without interruption if such application is received within a month of the request for
        a new application or of the property settlement.

            Method of Calculation

    Pension Rate                    Sole title to the property Joint title to the property

                                    $230 p.a. maximum           $180 p.a. maximum
    Maximum level of pension
                                    $115 per half year          $90 per half year

    Not Maximum level of            $115 p.a. maximum           $65 p.a. maximum
    pension                         $57.50 per half year        $32.50 per half year


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