Council Tax

alansmith7

Hi

My partners are currently living with me and my partners are retired, currently I am paying £1200.00 annually for council could I get a reduction in council because my parents are retired?

I need speak to the council and they said they might be able to lower the council tax then i had to go so i couldn't discuss it further with them.

Thanks

nannytone_2

if your parents have moved in with you, the council tax liability is still yours.
if you previously lived alone, you would lose the 25% single person discount.
why would you get a discount because your parents are retired?

alansmith7

nannytone wrote: »

if your parents have moved in with you, the council tax liability is still yours.
if you previously lived alone, you would lose the 25% single person discount.
why would you get a discount because your parents are retired?

I thought i might be able to get a discount on the premium no harm in asking :T

teddysmum

We pensioners have to pay, just like everyone else (full or 75% if alone), unless we are on benefits.

Housing_Benefit_Officer

There used to be something called Second Adult Rebate where you could have got upto 25% off if non deps with low income resided with you. However most Local Authorities scrapped this last year.

alansmith7

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

There used to be something called Second Adult Rebate where you could have got upto 25% off if non deps with low income resided with you. However most Local Authorities scrapped this last year.

Trust the local authorities to scrap this!

Housing_Benefit_Officer

alansmith7 wrote: »

Trust the local authorities to scrap this!

The Government 'localised' Council Tax Support meaning they scrapped the national scheme and each local authority had to create their own local scheme. The problem was before the Government gave 100% subsidy for any Council Tax given so local authorities didn't lose out. When the Government localised the scheme they only gave 90% subsidy. The only conditions were pensioners and vulnerable adults wouldn't be any worse off. So pensioners can claim Second Adult Rebate still and still get 100% reduction. This means each local authority can award different amounts of Council Tax support. The fewer pensioners and vulnerable adults the more benefit they can give to everyone else.