Council tax - student exemption

Ed-1

What counts as being "a student" for council tax exemption?

fatbelly

You're a student if you're:
◾attending a university or college course which lasts at least one academic year, takes at least 24 weeks a year and involves at least 21 hours of study a week when in attendance
◾under 20 years of age, studying for more than three months and at least 12 hours a week for a qualification up to A Level (if you leave after 1 May, we will not count you until the following 1 November)
◾a student nurse on a university course
◾a foreign language assistant registered with the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges
◾a non-British spouse or dependant of a student and you are prevented by the terms of UK entry from taking paid employment or from claiming benefits

CIS

Are you in England, Scotland or Wales ?



Just to clarify the first point in the above list - the 'attending' requirement was changed to 'undertaking' to allow for more flexibility in the system.


In addition to meeting the definition of a student the are specific circumstances which must be met for the purposes of the student exemption (a student is 'disregarded', a property is 'exempt').