Claiming benefits and Armed Forces

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Hi All,
My OH is serving and we recently found that we are entitled to full housing benefit and a full discount on council tax. I assume that with the housing benefit we just fill in the forms at the council offices, but council tax is a bit different. I have followed the threads about Ops and CILOCT but I wondered if anyone has claimed for a full discount? if so who do we need to go to. Any advice would be great. Particularly from anyone who has tried to claim either.
Thanks in advance
My OH is serving and we recently found that we are entitled to full housing benefit and a full discount on council tax. I assume that with the housing benefit we just fill in the forms at the council offices, but council tax is a bit different. I have followed the threads about Ops and CILOCT but I wondered if anyone has claimed for a full discount? if so who do we need to go to. Any advice would be great. Particularly from anyone who has tried to claim either.
Thanks in advance

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You say you recently found that you are entitled to these so can the people you found this information from not advise you?
CILOCT is only be relevent to those in MQ's and is processed automatically along with their tax NI etc so no there is no need to 'claim' the reduction. The refund when on ops is also done automatically for those in MQ's.
I got the info about 2 years ago off of moneysavingexpert site, so it is about but all my links and history are a long time gone.
dome
eh? If you're in MQ/SLA you don't pay council tax at all - you pay CILOCT, the clue being in the "Charge in lieu of council tax" name
is that not what i wrote?
so im in mq's now am i effectively paying half the council tax of civvi households in the same area? the CILOCT i pay is with a reduction already? just curious as to how it works never really thought about it before!
wouldnt it actually depend on income rather than how much the rent is as to wether someone would be entitled though? so how cheap or not quarters are isnt really he issue.
A 50% discount applies to a second home where you need to have that home in order to undertake your job and you need to be liable for the council tax on both properties (CILOCT is not council tax).
Wales was looking counting CILOCT as council tax for discount purposes but I dont know if they introduced it or not.