Gisborne District Council Rates Revenue
Rates Revenue 2005 - 2007
This profile details the different rates that were set by the Council in 2005 - 2007 (years ended June), and the amount of revenue it received from each rate.
All figures in $000s, year ended 30 June 2007
View data figures in table (opens in a new window)
- Source
- An analysis of rates for 2005,2006,2007 drawn from the council's rates resolutions and Long Term Council Community Plans by the Department of Internal Affairs
The Local Government (Rating) Act provides councils with flexible powers to set, assess, and collect rates to fund local government activities. Councils have a wide range of rating tools available to them including:
- Choice of valuation bases (land, annual or capital value);
- Fixed charges per rating unit (property) or separately used/inhabited part of a property;
- Metering water consumption;
- Number of connections; and;
- Various types of land area such as the total land area of the property, area of floor space.
The chart above shows forecast rating income for the years 2005,2006,2007, by standardised categories. These figures are inclusive of GST.
These categories are:
- General rates - these rates are levied where the council decides the community as a whole should contribute to the cost of a particular activity. These are based on property values (land, annual or capital).
- Targeted rates - these rates are levied where a council decides that the cost of all or part of the cost of a particular activity should be met by a particular group of ratepayers, or that an activity should be funded outside the general rate. These rates can be levied on property values, but can also be fixed charges, based on land area, number of connections, or on the volume of water consumed.
- Uniform annual general charges - a fixed charge per rating unit or separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit, levied on the community as a whole and used for any lawful purpose.
