Regulations 16 and 17
The form of words set out below is prescribed for the purposes of regulations 16 and 17—
The information given below is to help you to understand your community charge denmand. It explains some of the terms which may be used on your demand and in the supporting information.
This is the community charge which the charging authority (district council) has set for your area. The charging authority sets the charge by taking into account the amount needed by each of your local authorities to finance their spending, after allowing for their income from other sources. District and county councils (but not community or town councils) receive Government grants, and income from the national pool of non-dommestic rates, to help fund their spending. (Further information on your district and county councils' finances accompanies your community charge demand).
This is a technical adjustment which the charging authority may make when setting the community charge. An adjustment may be made to take into account such matters as the net cost of people moving on or off the community charges register, the amounts of interest earned or incurred by the collection fund (into which community charges are paid), and the cost of community charges which the charging authority was not able to collect in the previous year.
Personal community chargepayers in some communities are entitled to relief under the Government’s transitional relief scheme following the changeover from domestic rates to the community charge. Your charge demand will show the amount of any relief which has been awarded.
Your charge demand may show that you have already been awarded community charge benefit. Benefit is available for people with a low income and if you think you might qualify but have not already applied, or want further information, you should contact your district council.
People who are registered as full-time students pay ⅕ of the personel community charge while they are undertaking a full-time course of education. Registered students are not as individuals eligible for community charge benefit but will receive transitional relief if they are personal chargepayers in qualifying communities. Students who are entitled to transitional relief will receive ⅕ of the transitional relief they would have received if they had been liable to the full community charge.
These amounts are the Government’s view, for the purpose of sharing out Government revenue support grant, of the appropriate level of spending for the local authorities in your area to enable them to provide broadly a standard level of service, taking into account the particular circumstances of the area. The standard level of service is determined by reference to the total level of revenue spending the Government thinks appropriate for all local authorities in Wales. Local authorities and other spending bodies may decide to provide a different level of service, and they may also vary in their efficiency.
The amount of this grant for each district and county council is calculated on the basis that a standard level of service can broadly be provided everywhere in Wales for the same community charge. Grant is shared out between authorities on the basis of the particular circumstances of their areas. The Government also provides specific grants to help with particular kinds of spending.
The occupiers or owners of non-domestic properties pay non-domestic rates. All non-domestic rates collected in Wales are pooled together and district and county councils receive shares of the money from this pool.
The form of words set out below is prescribed for the purposes of regulations 16 and 17—
The form of words set out below is prescribed for the purposes of regulations 16 and 17–
Bwriedir i'r wybodaeth isod eich helpu i ddeall eich ffurflen hawlio tâl cymunedol. Mae'n esbonio rhai o'r termau a allai gael eu defnyddio ar eich ffurflen hawlio ac yn y wybodaeth ategol.
Tâl cymunedol personol: Dyma'r râl cymunedol a bennwyd gan yr awdurdod sy'n codi tâ (y cyngor dosbarth) ar gyfer eich ardal. Mae'r awdurdod sy'n codi'r tâl yn pennu'r tâ drwy gymryd i ystyriaeth y swm y mae ei angen ar bob un o'ch awdurcocau lleol i ariannu eu gwariant, a hynny ar ôl caniatá am eu hinewm o ffynonellau eraill. Caiff cynghorau sir a dosbarth (ond nid cynghorau cymuned na chynghorau tref) grantiau gan y Llywodraeth, ac incwm o'r pŵl cenedlaethol o drathi annomestig, i helpu ariannu eu gwariant. (Ceir gwybodaeth bellach am gyllid eich cynghorau sir a dosbarth gyda'ch ffurflen hawlio tâ cymunedol).
Addasiad casglu: Addasiad technegol yw hwn y gall yr awdurdod sy'n codi'r tâl ei wneud wrth bennu'r tâl cymunedol. Gellir gwneud addasiad er mwyn cymryd i ystyriaeth materion megis cost net pobl yn ymuno â'r gofrestr taliadau cymunedol neu'n symud oddi arni, faint o log a enillwyd neu a dynnwyd gan y gronfa gasglu (y gronfa y telir y taliadau cymunedol i mewn iddi) a chost taliadau cymunedol nad oedd modd i'r awdurdod sy'n codi'r tâl eu casglu yn ystod y flwyddyn flaenorol.
Rhyddhad dros dro: Mac gan dalwyr y tâl cymunedol personol mewn rhai cymunedau hawl i gael rhyddhad o dan y cynllun rhyddhad dros dro o eiddo'r Llywodraeth yn sgîl y newid o drethi domestig i'r tâl cymunedol. Bydd eich ffurflen hawlio tâl yn dangos swm unrhyw ryddhad a roddwyd.
Budd-daliadau tâl cymunedol: Gallai'ch ffurflen hawlio ddangos bod budd-dâl tâl cymunedol wedi'i ddyfarnu i chi eisoes. Mae budd-dâl ar gael i bobl sydd ag incwm isel ac os credwch y gallech fod yn gymwys a chithau heb wneud cais hyd yn hyn, neu os ydych am gael gwybodaeth bellach, dylech gysylltu â'ch cyngor dosbarth.
Myfyrwyr: Mae pobl sydd wedi'u cofrestru'n fyfyrwyr amser-llawn yn talu 1/5 o'r tâl cymunedol personol tra byddant yn dilyn cwrs addysg amser-llawn. Nid yw myfyrwyr cofrestredig yn gymwys fel unigolion i gael budd-dâl tâl cymunedol ond fe gânt ryddhad dros dro os ydynt yn dalwyr tâl personol mewn cymunedau cymwys. Caiff myfyrwyr sydd â hawl i gael rhyddhad dros dro 1/5 o'r rhyddhad dros dro llawn y byddent wedi'i gael pe baent yn gorfod taluy'r tâ cymunedol llawn.
Symiau y mae eu hangen ar gyfer lefel safonol o wasanaethau: Y lefelau hyn yw barn y Llywodraeth, at ddibenion rhannu grant cynnal refeniw y Llywodraeth, am y lefel wario sy'n briodol i'r awdurdodau yn eich ardal i'w galluogi i ddarparu lefel weddol gyfartal o wasanaethau, gan gymryd i ystyriaeth amgylchiadau arbennig yr ardal. Pennir lefel safonol o wasanaethau drwy gyfeirio at gyfanswm y gwario refeniw y cred y Llywodraeth ei fod yn briodol ar gyfer holl awdurdodau lleol cymru. Gall awdurdodau lleol a chyrff eraill sy'n gwario benderfynu darparu lefel wahanol o wasanaethau, a gallant amrywio hefyd o ran ei heffeithlonrwydd.
Grant y Llywodraeth i gynnal refeniw: Cyfrifir swm y grant hwn ar gyfer pob cyngor dosbarth a sir ar y sail bod modd darparu'r un lefel, yn fras, o wasanaethau ledled Cymru am yr un tâl cymunedol. Rhennir y grant rhwng yr awdurdodau ar sail amgylchiadau arbennig eu hardaloedd. Mae'r Llywodraeth hefyd yn darparu grantiau penebol i helpu gyda mathau arbennig o wario.
Trethi annomestig: Bydd deiliaid neu berchnogion eiddo annomestig yn talu trethi annomestig. Cyfunir yr holl drethi annomestig a gesglir yng Nghy a chaiff cynghorau dosbarth a sir gyfran o'r arian o'r pŵl hwnnw.”.