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Council Tax Discount Eligibility
FMLIVV
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in Cutting tax
Will households receive the £150 discount even if they are in Council tax arrears?
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Yes. There's not expected to be any clause against it.FMLIVV said:Will households receive the £150 discount even if they are in Council tax arrears?
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.1 -
Reading between the lines, would a Council be able to assign the £150 energy credit from central Government to reduce CT arrears rather than pass on to the CT bill payer as a credit?
This does not affect me as my property is Band E, but I can see that would make a difference to people in the situation described by the OP.0 -
It is separate. It would have been far simpler to reduce all qualifying council tax bills by £150, but that is not how it works, so there would be no logic in changing that for arrears.0
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Grumpy_chap said:Reading between the lines, would a Council be able to assign the £150 energy credit from central Government to reduce CT arrears rather than pass on to the CT bill payer as a credit?
This does not affect me as my property is Band E, but I can see that would make a difference to people in the situation described by the OP.
It would depend on how the final scheme works. It appears it's being made as a payment to them, rather than as an account credit.
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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