Council Tax Single Person Discount sixth form leavers.

CarmarthenSingleP

Carmarthenshire Council conducted a review of single person discounts in September and the form was misleading single parents of sixth form leavers into giving away their discount as their child was now 18.

Has anybody else experienced this or been misled into paying Council Tax which they should not?

The disregard which  Councils are ignoring is
"A person under 20 years old who has left school or college after 30 April of that year. (They are not counted for Council Tax until 1 November of the same year, whether or not they take up employment during that time)."

This is cut and pasted from the Welsh government website. I havent found it on the equivalent UK/English government website but it is in many English Councils' own guidance pages and national consumer rights websites.

I would like to find out how widespread this (bad) practice is. Also to gather proof that it is occurring and to raise awareness of the issue.

The review was conducted by NEC Solutions (Capita related) for Carmarthenshire so I dont think it will be limited to the one Council.

I also welcome any corrections or improvements'

CarmarthenSingleP

I have found a relevant law granting the reduction for anybody into such details.

UK Statutory Instruments 1993 No. 149 Regulation 2