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Council Tax discount for non resident?
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Smi1er
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If a person wants to buy a property in England as a holiday home and their main residence is in Ireland would they be entitled to claim the 25% discount for single person?
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As you have a principle residence elsewhere, your holiday home would not qualify for any discounts - in fact, some councils are suggesting (although not enforced ... yet) that in areas where the high number of holiday/2nd homes are outstripping the houses available for local occupation (like Devon and Cornwall for instance), then council tax should be charged at double the normal rate!0
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even if you were to find a council that offered a discount for single occupancy etc,there is no guarantee that the recuced payments would continue indefinately or for the time you own the house.
Many councils changed their policies regarding discounts in april this year and certainly in our area there are now no concessions.frugal October...£41.82 of £40 food shopping spend for the 2 of us!
2017 toiletries challenge 179 out 145 in ...£18.64 spend0 -
I don’t profess to know the rules, BUT it seems to me that your principal residence IN England is indeed THIS house, the fact you don’t live it in all the time is irrelevant. If you lived in it and had to travel and live for 3 weeks out of 4 to France for your work you would still be liable to CT on it and you would get the single persons discount providing of course it is just you living there.0
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As you have a principle residence elsewhere, your holiday home would not qualify for any discounts - in fact, some councils are suggesting (although not enforced ... yet) that in areas where the high number of holiday/2nd homes are outstripping the houses available for local occupation (like Devon and Cornwall for instance), then council tax should be charged at double the normal rate!
This won't happen. To many politicians have second homes for it ever to be passed!0 -
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This won't happen. To many politicians have second homes for it ever to be passed!
Oh I'm not so sure. Councils are being given far more independence over their own Council Tax arrangements. The recent changes allow them to make their own decisions on exemptions, so IMO they could also be granted a right to specific additional charges if majority of local council members are in favour.0 -
Oh I'm not so sure. Councils are being given far more independence over their own Council Tax arrangements. The recent changes allow them to make their own decisions on exemptions, so IMO they could also be granted a right to specific additional charges if majority of local council members are in favour.
It also depends what you call a second home. There are many which form part of the main residence but are classed as 2nd homes by councils.
A second home to me should be one which can be sold independently from the main residence.0 -
The recent changes allow them to make their own decisions on exemptions,
The delegated powers cover only 2 exemption - the Class A and the Class C (now replaced by discount types Class D and Class C ) . The council do have powers to set the rate of several discounts regarding unoccupied properties.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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