Guidance to help councils comply with rate caps

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 September 2023
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
• Better practice property and rates database checklist.

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 exceed the base average rate by more than the rate cap.

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