This fact sheet summarises which councils have notified us of their intention to apply for a special variation to their general income or for an increase in minimum rates (MR) in 2017-18.
IPART has made decisions about 24 applications from councils to general income (mainly rates income) by more than the rate peg from 2013/14. This fact sheet summarises our decisions.
This fact sheet provides information to councils that are considering applying to IPART to increase the minimum rate in a particular rating category above ‘the statutory limit’.
This fact sheet provides information for councils and ratepayers about applications to increase minimum rates (MRs). It also describes some modifications to our assessment approach for 2020-21.
In our June 2015 Technical Paper1, we recommended that councils adopt a specific method to calculate the discount rate for use in net present value (NPV) modelling of contributions plans.
Our Technical Paper - Modelling local development contributions in a present value framework, recommends that councils adopt a specific method to calculate the discount rate for use in any net present value (NPV) modelling of contributions plans.