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Guidance to help councils comply with rate caps

View resources to help councils comply with annual rate caps.

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Overview

All Victorian councils must:

  1. comply with the Minister's rate cap or approved higher cap
  2. submit the annual compliance information template and rating system reports (as at 30 June and 1 July) by 30 October 2020
  3. respond to information requests for the biennial outcomes report.

Each council must provide the following information each year:

  • Annual compliance information template
  • Rating system reports as at 30 June and 1 July
  • CEO certification.

We monitor compliance with the rate cap by checking:

  • consistency of the information in the annual compliance information template and the rating system reports
  • whether the capped average rate does or does not exceeds the base average rate by more than the rate cap.

We report each council as compliant or non-compliant in our annual compliance report.

Guidance resources

30 January 2020
Compliance Monitoring and Reporting: Guidance for Councils 2020-21
(pdf, 213.24 KB)
30 January 2020
Annual compliance information template 2020-21
(XLSX, 92.46 KB)
10 December 2019
Information sessions with councils, November and December 2019

In November and December 2019, we talked to councils about requirements for higher cap applications in 2020. This presentation includes information on timelines and process for the 2020-21 financial year, outcomes reporting and complying with the rate capping framework. 

(pdf, 996.92 KB)