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Council Tax - sharing with students
AMO
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Hi all,
I know someone who is currently sharing with students in a property.
As I understand the current law, if a property contains only full time student it is except from Council Tax.
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/life/tax/council_tax.htm#Propertiesexemptfromcounciltax
However, if one or more people are working or non full-time student, then the whole amount has to be paid.
This does not seem to be fair.
Has anyone managed to successfully reduce the amount proportion to the number of people in the house. At the moment there are 4 people in the house, so my friend should ideally want to be paying 1/4 council tax.
The following does seem to give hope:
Particular circumstances
There are particular points to remember in the following circumstances:-
If you are a full-time student in advanced education – you will have to pay council tax if you are the liable person for a property. However, if all the people living in the property are students no council tax will be payable and if some of the residents are students the council tax may be reduced.
Thanx
AMO
I know someone who is currently sharing with students in a property.
As I understand the current law, if a property contains only full time student it is except from Council Tax.
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/life/tax/council_tax.htm#Propertiesexemptfromcounciltax
However, if one or more people are working or non full-time student, then the whole amount has to be paid.
This does not seem to be fair.
Has anyone managed to successfully reduce the amount proportion to the number of people in the house. At the moment there are 4 people in the house, so my friend should ideally want to be paying 1/4 council tax.
The following does seem to give hope:
Particular circumstances
There are particular points to remember in the following circumstances:-
If you are a full-time student in advanced education – you will have to pay council tax if you are the liable person for a property. However, if all the people living in the property are students no council tax will be payable and if some of the residents are students the council tax may be reduced.
Thanx
AMO
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Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. If you live on your own you only get a 25% reduction.0
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Full time students are disregarded from Council Tax calculations , a Class N exemption only applies if all the occupants of the property are disregarded students.
If there are two or more occupants who are not disregarded for any reason then a full charge is payable, if there is only one person is not disregarded then that person will be liable for Council Tax with a 25% discount.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 -
council (sorry stealth) tax sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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Thanx for that. I thought as much.
AMO0 -
Is it possible to skip the council tax by staying in a student's flat? i.e not register to the council???? or have the formal address registration (bank statement etc) at other address?0
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If your occupying a flat with students and you are not a student then you are the liable party unless the property is designated as a student halls of residence.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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