Discount Council Tax

Fuzzythinking

Hi

Since I am working away from Monday to Friday from home for six months (i am renting an apartment). My wife is a full-time mother with Incapacity benefit. Am I entitled to have a discount council tax?

FT

happy_lass

:hello:unless she is recieving high rate DLA then no i dont think you will get a discount. I might be wrong though, best to phone your local taxation office to find out. No harm in asking, they can only say no.

dmg24

If it is still your permanent residence (and I am guessing it is), you are not entitled to any reduction.

CIS

The property remians your 'sole or main residence' and you have 'intention to return' therefore it remains your home for council tax purposes.

You will be able to claim a 2nd home discount on the property you live in whilst working away. If the property is required as part of your job contract then you may be able to claim a 50% discount but you need to discuss the exact details with the local authority in that area.

Mum2twins98

Fuzzythinking wrote: »

Hi

Since I am working away from Monday to Friday from home for six months (i am renting an apartment). My wife is a full-time mother with Incapacity benefit. Am I entitled to have a discount council tax?

FT

To get a discount on council tax your wife should be on disability living allowance, but sometimes in order to get a discount you need a room adapted to your wifes needs, like for our son whom gets DLA he also DLA at the high rate and has a sensory room we get a discount because of this

happy_lass

we had to send in lots of forms and letters to prove that our daughter (who is severely mentally impaired) so that she could be totally exempt from council tax. Our son is a full time student as well. I care for my daughter. We got a 25% reduction after they had crossed off everyone in the household, eg youngest daughter (14, too young for council tax purpose), me a full time carer, son a full time uni student, daughter severely mentally impaired. This just left hubs who works full time. So we got our 25% discount. Every little helps !!:j:j:j:j

happy_lass

happy_lass wrote: »

we had to send in lots of forms and letters to prove that our daughter (who is severely mentally impaired) so that she could be totally exempt from council tax. Our son is a full time student as well. I care for my daughter. We got a 25% reduction after they had crossed off everyone in the household, eg youngest daughter (14, too young for council tax purpose), me a full time carer, son a full time uni student, daughter severely mentally impaired. This just left hubs who works full time. So we got our 25% discount. Every little helps !!:j:j:j:j

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