Signing house over to children before care

margaretclare

I too am tired of new posts asking this, pollypenny.

It is often forgotten that, although well into retirement, some of us are still taxpayers. Even if we have moved out of the basic tax rate now due to increased age-related personal allowance, we are still paying council tax. This means WE are the 'greedy and selfish care authorities' - we pay for Social Services who employ social workers, who are usually targeted at the 'greedy and selfish' individuals who want to 'steal your house off you', as we hear so often.

pollypenny

I'm still paying tax, council tax etc.

I just took it for granted when i was working, but I am getting increasingly resentful, especially when I go down town and see girls, for whom I bust a gut in school, pushing their prams.

Then these people who want free care for their oldies, when they can well afford to pay for it, make me scream.

Errata

It's a fine judgement to decide the difference between someone who spent every penny and become entitled to LA care funding and those who give every penny away to become entitled to LA care funding.

Londoner9999

Sorry to revive and old thread but...

If a house is transferred to the offspring, but the parents continue to live there?, who becomes liable for council tax and can the parents continue to pay the reduced rate due to their age?

Savvy_Sue

Council Tax is based upon the occupiers, so yes, they'd still get any age related discounts. As for who's liable to pay it, that's possibly negotiable. I know if a house is tenanted, then the landlord may pay it, but equally it could be the tenants.

seven-day-weekend

Londoner9999 wrote: »

Sorry to revive and old thread but...

If a house is transferred to the offspring, but the parents continue to live there?, who becomes liable for council tax and can the parents continue to pay the reduced rate due to their age?

If the parents live ther rent-free, it may still be considered as their asset for means-test and tax purposes.

jennifernil

Londoner9999 wrote: »

Sorry to revive and old thread but...

If a house is transferred to the offspring, but the parents continue to live there?, who becomes liable for council tax and can the parents continue to pay the reduced rate due to their age?

I didn't know there were any reductions for being old, have I missed something?

margaretclare

jennifernil wrote: »

I didn't know there were any reductions for being old, have I missed something?

If you mean council tax, there are no reductions for age. The only reduction there is is when one person is living alone and you get a 25% discount.

jennifernil

That is my understanding too, but not what the poster says, hence my question!

Savvy_Sue

margaretclare wrote: »

If you mean council tax, there are no reductions for age. The only reduction there is is when one person is living alone and you get a 25% discount.

jennifernil wrote: »

That is my understanding too, but not what the poster says, hence my question!

I did wonder, but kind of thought I might have missed something. HOWEVER, it's worth saying that if someone lacks 'capacity', then they're not liable for CT. When I reported my Dad's death to Mum's local council to get the single person discount applied, the lady did check that Mum was 'with it', because if she wasn't then she wouldn't have had to pay at all.

So, elderly couple MAY get a discount for that reason. I don't know what evidence might be requested.