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Council tax - discount

The amount of Council Tax you have to pay depends on

• the valuation band your property is in and
• the number of people aged 18 or over living in your property

When we work out your Council Tax we assume that two people, aged 18 or over, live in most properties.

If only one person, aged 18 or over, lives in your property, we can give you a single person discount of 25% (one quarter).

We may need to decide where someone's main home is for example, if they work away from home or if they have more than one home.

Some people are disregarded for Council Tax purposes. This means that we will not count them when we decide how many people, aged 18 or over, live in your property.

We may be able to give you a Council Tax Discount if someone in your home is

• a Student, Student Nurse, Apprentice or Youth Training Trainee
• a Non-British husband or wife or dependant of a Student (who is prevented by the terms of her / his leave to enter or remain in the UK from working or claiming benefit.
• under 20 and still at school or has just left school
• a person who still has Child Benefit paid for them
• a person who is a Foreign Language Assistant
• a person who is severely mentally impaired
• a Carer
• in prison or held somewhere else by the authorities
• living in hospital
• living in a care home
• a Member of a Religious Community
• a person who lives in a hostel for the homeless or a night shelter
• a Member (or dependant) of International Headquarters and defence organisations
• a Member (or dependant) of a Visiting Force; or
• a person with diplomatic immunity or privileges.

We can reduce your bill by 25% or 50%, depending on how many people we count.

If we count only one person as living in your property we can give you a discount of 25%.

If we count nobody as living in your property we can give you a discount 50%.