Council tax discount back claiming 1 July 2019 at 8:32PM in Reclaiming mortgage fees, council tax, etc 1 reply 1.9K views

Snoodle

My husband and I separated in December 2017. As he continued to provide money towards the bills on the jointly owned house, and as I had no forwarding address for him, I did not claim single occupier discount. I have now discovered that he is paying council tax on the rented property he now lives in. I have submitted my claim to my council, but am wondering if they will backdate the discount, and, if so, how far back?

CIS

Backdating is, in most cases, not limited in council tax legislation (especially so where it for 6 years or less)


Some councils will try and artificially restrict it though by way of 'policy' - a large number of the cases I end up disputing are because of this.It's a case of, initially, putting across the best argument with evidence.