Headlines, PublicNet: 11 May, 2006
The Audit Commission has issued practical guidelines to help local councils and housing associations make increasing use of direct debit to cut up to 15 million pounds from their administration costs. It follows the publication in November of “The Efficiency Challenge – the Administration Costs of Revenues and Benefits”, which identified direct debit collection of council tax as one area where councils accepted there was room for improved efficiency.Now, in a follow up study, the Commission has produced a new document, “Improving Income Collection: Efficient Collection of Council Tax, Housing Rent and Other Income by Direct Debit” as a practical tool to help councils and associations ensure greater debit take up of direct debit.
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