We thought we would try and create a couple of calulators to help to understand the impact of the Rates increase in Upper Hutt. Happy to create the same for other regions, will just have to get the data to do the calculations.
SPECIAL: If you are interested have a listen to and read of Simon's submission to the Council on the 21st May. Some very interesting and alarming dollar figures which the Upper Hutt Ratepayer will have to foot the bill for..
Click the Red Button to see.
Simon has just asked us to advise that the numbers are based on what the
council provided during the LTP 2024 process. He has done his best with
the numbers which have been provided.
Upper Hutt Residential Rates do not seem to be set at 19.93% across the board in Year 1
Over the last couple of days there have been some questions about the actual rates percentage increases. One said they were at 25.1%, another at 21.4% and some at 18%. This started us thinking..
Many of the questions are around the actual increase in Upper Hutt Rates being above the 19.93% which the council has indicated.
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Enter in your CV/RV into the Green cell in the calculator and it will show you your UHCC rates for 24/25 and the percentage increase.
Residential - 24-34 Rates Calculator
Enter in your UHCC and GWC Rates into the Green cells in the calculator and it will show you your Rates for the years to come based on the percentage figures provided in the LTP documents.
Rural - 23/24 Rates vs 24/25 Rates Calulator
Enter in your Rural CV/RV into the Green cell in the calculator and it will show you your UHCC rates for 24/25 and the percentage increase.
Rates Rebate Scheme
If you are finding that these and future increases will be causing you issues, DIa have a rates Rebate scheme which can be accesses for those meeting the criteria..