Council Tax Benefit - does someone understand this regulation?

minimadtrix

real1314 wrote: »

That comment only adds to the view that you are mis-reading the term "household". The regs on what consitutes a household cross all means tested benefits.

I accept what you're saying real1314, however, the confusion is that the Council Tax department have provided hubby with a 25% discount, as they accept I'm not living there, but the Council Tax benefits have different rules. It is not me misreading the term household, but the conflicting (prehaps not the right word) information the council are providing us with.

We have accepted that I am still a member of a household and that he isn't entitled to any help. The main question was regarding the regulation they have quoted to us, which according to CIS applies to children and young people, of which we have none and are neither ourselves.

Macro_3

minimadtrix wrote: »

I accept what you're saying real1314, however, the confusion is that the Council Tax department have provided hubby with a 25% discount, as they accept I'm not living there, but the Council Tax benefits have different rules. It is not me misreading the term household, but the conflicting (prehaps not the right word) information the council are providing us with.

We have accepted that I am still a member of a household and that he isn't entitled to any help. The main question was regarding the regulation they have quoted to us, which according to CIS applies to children and young people, of which we have none and are neither ourselves.

You are misreading the regulation. The regulation says that a claimant and partner (and any dependent children, if they exist, subject to the following clauses etc) shall be treated as being part of the same household even if temporarily absent from it. I think you're just misreading the bit about children - the reg applies equally to couples without children if you read the terms in bold as highlighted by real3414

The discrepancy between the 25% discount is correct - council tax have accepted that you are permanently absent from the house, so the discount applies. Benefits have decided that you are only temporarily absent from the household. It's just highlights the difference between house and household.