Personal Discounts
The full Council Tax Bill assumes that there are two people aged 18 or over living in the property.
If only one person lives in a property they will be entitled to a 25% discount.
For a property which is no-one's main home, see information on unoccupied properties.
The following people are not counted when working out how many people are living in the property -
- Children under 18.
- Persons for whom child benefit is still being paid.
- Certain school leavers under the age of 20.
- People with severe mental impairment who are in receipt of certain disability and attendance allowances.
- Qualifying full time students.
- Certain YTS trainees under the age of 25 on a course funded by the Learning and Skills Council.
- Student nurses.
- Certain apprentices.
- Long-term/permanent hospital patients.
- Certain people resident in residential care homes, nursing homes or mental nursing home/hostel.
- Certain people detained in prison or hospital under a Court Order, the Armed Forces Act 2006 or the Mental Health Act.
- Certain care workers.
- Members of visiting overseas forces.
- Foreign Diplomats with diplomatic immunity.
- Members of religious communities.
Qualifying conditions apply. If you want more information about discounts, contact the Local Taxes Division or use the online forms to apply or notify us of a change of circumstances.
Regular checking of all discounts will be carried out. If your circumstances change you must contact the Local Taxes Division immediately.
This authority is under a duty to protect public funds and, to this end may use the information held or provided by you for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies for these purposes and also for the administration and collection of taxes and charges and for performing other statutory enforcement duties. |