Pete Timmins
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Thank you Andrea and Jason, I will be refusing to provide the additional information except for samples. Our CFO was also previously an auditor.
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Good afternoon Rating Professionals,
We are still with the Audit Office and since August 2020 have been providing the information detailed below as per their request.
I am very interested to know if:
i) you are requested to provide the same information?
ii) do you comply or provide them with the information as provided by your rating system?
iii) are you with Audit NSW or an ASP (Audit Service Provider)?Thank you in anticipation.
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PeteAn excel sheet (refer to tab: Detailed spreadsheet of claims) listing in columns:
– Pensioner Name
– Pensioner ID number
– Property address where concession claimed
– Property ID number – Annual Ordinary rates for the year for the property
– Amount written-off for ordinary rates
– Amount written-off for water rates
– Amount written-off for sewerage rates
– Total amount written-off
– Period of claim (from and to)
– Pensioner matched to Centrelink report [Yes / No].* The details for each pensioner should be entered into rows and a separate line used for each pensioner for each year of their claim.
* The total of that spreadsheet must equal the Application for Pensioner Concession Subsidy, the amount noted on the General Managers Certificate and the documents supporting the amount written-off by the delegated officer or Council resolution. Each pensioner must be validated by the Council as a valid pensioner, if the pensioner is not validated by the Centrelink report, other evidence must be provided to audit for each of those pensioners.Matching report (ie Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Social Services), which matches the sheet for the rating year.
* If there are any unmatched pensioners, reasons must be provided together with supporting documentation, such as copies of pensioner applications and copies of pensioner cards to support why a rebate was provided to them.
Hi Tracey,
We have just received our request.
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PeteHi Tracey,
We have been showing it on our rate notices since 2017/18. We place the text just above the instalment amounts on the annual notice.
The wording we use is
Council’s contribution to the NSW Government Emergency Services Levy
In 2022/2023 Council is required to contribute $2,552,059.26 from our general rates.Regards
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Hi Courtney,
We are the same as Brad and Mick.
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PeteNovember 22, 2022 at 10:40 am in reply to: Who takes basic calls at your council – inc. 603 updates #22774Hi Cherie,
Our call centre handles all our basic calls which includes all our verbal 603 updates.
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PeteHi Emma,
At Shoalhaven we do it the same as you.
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PeteHi Mick,
We are also with the Audit Office and since August 2020 have been providing the following information as per their request.
An excel sheet (refer to tab: Detailed spreadsheet of claims) listing in columns:
– Pensioner Name
– Pensioner ID number
– Property address where concession claimed
– Property ID number – Annual Ordinary rates for the year for the property
– Amount written-off for ordinary rates
– Amount written-off for water rates
– Amount written-off for sewerage rates
– Total amount written-off
– Period of claim (from and to)
– Pensioner matched to Centrelink report [Yes / No].* The details for each pensioner should be entered into rows and a separate line used for each pensioner for each year of their claim.
* The total of that spreadsheet must equal the Application for Pensioner Concession Subsidy, the amount noted on the General Managers Certificate and the documents supporting the amount written-off by the delegated officer or Council resolution. Each pensioner must be validated by the Council as a valid pensioner, if the pensioner is not validated by the Centrelink report, other evidence must be provided to audit for each of those pensioners.Matching report (ie Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Social Services), which matches the sheet for the rating year.
* If there are any unmatched pensioners, reasons must be provided together with supporting documentation, such as copies of pensioner applications and copies of pensioner cards to support why a rebate was provided to them.
I am very interested to know that not every council is being asked to provide the same detail. As you can appreciate this is very time consuming not only to extract the rates details but to then merge our water and sewer details into the spreadsheet as well.
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PeteHi Matthew,
We recommenced legal action from July 2022 and we have not changed our thresholds.
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PeteHi Cherie,
We no longer allow this for new pensioners, but for those already on deferral we charge the maximum interest rate.
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PeteGood morning Dave,
I show the net number for each claim year, so in the case of your prior year writeback I would show -1.
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PeteHi Jeanette,
Shoalhaven City Council reads meters 4 times a year. We have manual meters and our contractors read routes on a weekly basis, consisting of 3000 – 5000 properties. Invoicing is each following week. Some of our commercial properties are read and invoiced monthly. We perform 22,000 reads a year, excluding final meter reads during the change of ownership process.
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PeteApril 22, 2022 at 8:33 am in reply to: Additional Special Variation (ASV) – Who intends to apply? #22101Good morning Todd,
Shoalhaven is not applying.
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PeteApril 14, 2022 at 4:32 pm in reply to: Information request about interest charged on overdue rates #22084Thank you to all who responded. It appears that we were the odd ones.
Happy Easter.
Hi Andrew,
3. Absolutely for Shoalhaven.
Thank you for being on top of things as usual.
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