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Apprentice council tax
huddsta
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Hello.
Was just looking on my local council's website and it says that apprentices are exempt from council tax. I moved into my house about 6 months ago and my girlfriend moved in just after xmas, what should we be paying? Any ideas?
Cheers
Was just looking on my local council's website and it says that apprentices are exempt from council tax. I moved into my house about 6 months ago and my girlfriend moved in just after xmas, what should we be paying? Any ideas?
Cheers
Bet match total as of 04/10 = God Knows + About £1000 Quidco. Time for Mrs Huddsta to have a crack!!!
The Bronze Challenge - earn £250 in profits =£73.32
The Bronze Challenge - earn £250 in profits =£73.32
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Assuming your GF isn't also exempt you'd get the single persons discount ie 25% off0
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What about before she moved in? I was on a single persons discount then, is that the best I'm going to get?
Should I be able to claim this back? When I moved in and filled out the discount forms this apprentice discount wasn't on it (and still isn't).Bet match total as of 04/10 = God Knows + About £1000 Quidco. Time for Mrs Huddsta to have a crack!!!
The Bronze Challenge - earn £250 in profits =£73.320 -
25% is the best you'll get - before she moved in you were the sole occupant, now although two people live there, she is disregarded. Therefore you are the sole occupant for Council Tax purposes, hence the 25%.
You should be able able to get it backdated . when you complete the forms for an apprentice discount, they'll want the company to sign it, and will backdate the discount to that date.I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0 -
shouldn't the time before his GF moved in be exempt as he was an apprentice which is the same as if a lone student was living in the property?!0
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I read it as she was doing the apprenticeship. If he was doing the apprenticeship and he was living alone then he is entitled to a double disregard for the period before his girlfriend moved in , this gives a 50% discount - students aren't treated the same as apprentices for Council Tax.I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0
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I read it as she was doing the apprenticeship. If he was doing the apprenticeship and he was living alone then he is entitled to a double disregard for the period before his girlfriend moved in , this gives a 50% discount - students aren't treated the same as apprentices for Council Tax.
hehehe - i read it as he was the apprentice lol
ah well, he's got the answers either way!:beer:!0 -
Thanks guys, I'm the apprentice (for my sins). Would be nice to get a little money back from them. We pay £108 p/m for a band B house. What makes it feel worse is that the council never adopted the road so we (everyone in the street) pay a management company every month.Bet match total as of 04/10 = God Knows + About £1000 Quidco. Time for Mrs Huddsta to have a crack!!!
The Bronze Challenge - earn £250 in profits =£73.320
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