Payment of Council Tax whilst not Living in Property.

CIS

Hopefully wouldn't be solely as there are 3 students not two one of whom wasn't a student when the tenancy was taken out.

Sorry, yes. I was skipping between other things whilst typing.

Any other joint tenant who was a non-resident, non-student during the period in question should be jointly liable with her.

Regardless of anyone else being jointly liable she would still be responsible for the full charge for the period, it's not apportioned between liable persons - any liable person is jointly responsible for 100% of the charge due for the period, 'joint and severable liability'.

bujin

CIS wrote: »

Sorry, yes. I was skipping between other things whilst typing.

Any other joint tenant who was a non-resident, non-student during the period in question should be jointly liable with her.

Regardless of anyone else being jointly liable she would still be responsible for the full charge for the period, it's not apportioned between liable persons - any liable person is jointly responsible for 100% of the charge due for the period, 'joint and severable liability'.

Sorry if I'm being dense but why would she be more responsible for the liability over anyone else?

specialboy

The students are still exempt during the summer.

bujin

specialboy wrote: »

The students are still exempt during the summer.

Yes but the point is one of the three wouldn't be classed as a student, so I'm wondering why my daughter rather than him would be more responsible for the full charge
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Voyager2002

bujin wrote: »

Sorry if I'm being dense but why would she be more responsible for the liability over anyone else?

She isn't: each liable person is liable for 100 per cent of the amount due, and the Council can choose to pursue one, the other, or both of them. Obviously it is up to the two people responsible to sort out how they will share the bill: the Council does not need to get involved with this.

dibdabable

Okay just to update they have no idea the other person wasn't a student at the time, so have basically said the charge is hers alone. She doesn't want to let them know about the other person so presuming she's on her own, would she be entitled to a single person reduction even if she wasn't living there?

CIS

would she be entitled to a single person reduction even if she wasn't living there?

No, she wouldn't be.

bujin

CIS wrote: »

No, she wouldn't be.

Why because she wasn't living there or because she wasn't in fact a single occupant?

zzzLazyDaisy

bujin wrote: »

because she wasn't in fact a single occupant?

This ^^^^^

But if all the other people resident are exempt students, she should get the single person discount on those grounds. Unless the LA us aware that one of the tenants was not in fact exempt, in which case she won't get the SP discount.

Housing_Benefit_Officer

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

This ^^^^^

But if all the other people resident are exempt students, she should get the single person discount on those grounds. Unless the LA us aware that one of the tenants was not in fact exempt, in which case she won't get the SP discount.

You can't get a Single Person Discount is you are not living in the property. She can't claim an exemption for an empty and unfurnished property as they had all moved their furniture in.