Can you be added to a council tax bill?
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Currently looking to buy a place of my own and until then, I stay at my parents when I'm home on weekends, leave periods etc.
The forces offer a 'get you home' travel allowance, but to be eligible you have to provide proof of 'financial commitment' to the qualifying residence. One of the requirements is to provide a council tax bill. I currently do not pay any council tax.
My question is, can I be added to a council tax bill whilst staying at my parents place? I'd be happy to pay some council tax, as doing so this would entitle me to the allowance.
The forces offer a 'get you home' travel allowance, but to be eligible you have to provide proof of 'financial commitment' to the qualifying residence. One of the requirements is to provide a council tax bill. I currently do not pay any council tax.
My question is, can I be added to a council tax bill whilst staying at my parents place? I'd be happy to pay some council tax, as doing so this would entitle me to the allowance.
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What is fraudulent? You are entitled to the allowance if you are classed as financially maintaining a property. Paying council tax puts you under the category of financially maintaining a property.
My question is can I be added to a council tax bill? How is it fraudulent to apply for an allowance that I'm entitled to?
One person is normally named on a CT bill taken from the following list. Highest on the list wins
Which one would you be?
You also need one of the following. Do you have that?
Have a proper read of JSP752 chapter 5
Ive read the JSP. The allowance is not strictly for people who have a family or own a house, I know an 18 year old who claims the allowance and he certainly is not financially responsible for anything. It states:
"The aim of Get You Home Travel (GYH(T)) is to reduce the impact of separation on Service personnel (SP) in order to improve retention whilst also supporting the mobile nature of the Services. It achieves this by contributing towards the cost of travel from the Duty Station to a Qualifying Residence (QRes) when both are within the same country, and the SP carries out such travel."
The only issue for me is, does my parents home count as a qualifying residence if I were paying council tax? If so, it looks to me that I'm entitled. Which is why my original question was can you be added to a council tax bill. I'm not trying to commit any fraud, if they pay me an allowance that I'm not entitled to, that's their mistake.
cheers.
You wouldn't be paying council tax on it as you are not liable. A council tax demand notice is only required to show those who are liable for the council tax.
"A property that is either owned/part owned/rented/part rented where
the Service person normally resides at weekends and/or periods of leave; or [your SLA accommodation]"
To claim you need the CT bill and mortgage/tenancy agreement/utility bills so just having your name on the CT bill isn't enough
The 18 year old may be in receipt of GYH "early years" and nobody's realised it should have stopped on his 18th Birthday (or he's still in Ph1 training)