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council tax payable on main residence and rental property
onthemend
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Hello, could some on advise on this situation please.
My wife and I currently live in our main property and pay the council tax as normal.
In February, my work are relocating me to another part of the country and I will have to rent a property for 6 months. Are we able to claim 25% discount for single occupancy in our main residence for my wife who will be living here, and then 25% discount for single occupancy in the rental property for myself?
obviously I don;t want to pay twice.
My wife and I currently live in our main property and pay the council tax as normal.
In February, my work are relocating me to another part of the country and I will have to rent a property for 6 months. Are we able to claim 25% discount for single occupancy in our main residence for my wife who will be living here, and then 25% discount for single occupancy in the rental property for myself?
obviously I don;t want to pay twice.
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Hello, could some on advise on this situation please.
My wife and I currently live in our main property and pay the council tax as normal.
In February, my work are relocating me to another part of the country and I will have to rent a property for 6 months. Are we able to claim 25% discount for single occupancy in our main residence for my wife who will be living here, and then 25% discount for single occupancy in the rental property for myself?
obviously I don;t want to pay twice.
Assuming England/Wales,
The rules regarding this remain the same from council to council, they have no discretion to vary it. Your 'sole or man residence' will remain at the family home, you cannot therefore claim a 25% discount on the rented property (The requirement for a 25% discount is that the property is your 'sole or main residence).
Depending on the specifics of the tenancy you have signed you may or may not fall liable on the other property - as you state 6 months it is likely that you do but it is not a given.
You may get a 50% discount it meets criteria for a 'job related dwelling' but that is very specific as to when it can apply.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 -
no they do not in respect of the statutory criteria for single person discountsevenhills wrote: »Each council has different rules.0 -
no they do not in respect of the statutory criteria for single person discount
The OPs wording is strangeonthemend 25% discount for single occupancy in our main residence for my wife who
It sounds like the OP will be travelling between the 2 properties and could class either as his main residence.0 -
Unless there are other factors at play which have not been disclosed (and might then affect the issue) they would fail on the 'reasonable onlooker' test - there's no way a council will find a rental property, that a person has moved to on a short contract for work, is their 'sole or main residence' whilst they have a family home elsewhere.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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your point is what? He cannot have simultaneous main residences, that is fact (and council tax law)sevenhills wrote: »It sounds like the OP will be travelling between the 2 properties and could class either as his main residence.
as CIS says, there are very specific circumstance where a couple can (with much effort) show they lead separate lives and therefore genuinely each have their own residences on which each can claim their respective SPD.
Nothing Op has written suggests has has ceased to have any relations with his wife. The reality appears is he simply has a pied a terre for work purposes, upon which he cannot claim SPD, even if he is the only ever occupant of it.0 -
Nothing Op has written suggests has has ceased to have any relations with his wife. The reality appears is he simply has a pied a terre for work purposes, upon which he cannot claim SPD, even if he is the only ever occupant of it.
The OP does not give much detail. I had a lodger that lived eleswhere for 2/3/4 days per week, I still claimed single person discount even though my lodger was probably spending more time at my house than her own.
The OP may have options depending on his circumstances.0 -
sevenhills wrote: »The OP does not give much detail. I had a lodger that lived eleswhere for 2/3/4 days per week, I still claimed single person discount even though my lodger was probably spending more time at my house than her own.
The OP may have options depending on his circumstances.
The fact she was a lodger in your house and had her own was (without knowing the full details) likely the reason why you got your 25% discount, her residence was still regarded as being at her own home for council tax purposes.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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