The Council Tax bill for a property where one of two residents is not counted will be the same as that for a property with only one resident. That is, you will get a 25% discount.
If someone who is not counted lives alone, or only with others who are not counted, a 50% discount applies.
People in the following groups do not count towards the number of adults living at a property:
- full time students
- student nurses
- apprentices and youth training trainees (apprentices must not earn more than the National Minimum Wage)
- patients in hospital
- patients in care homes
- people who are significantly cognitively impaired
- people who are staying in certain hostels or night shelters
- 18 and 19 year olds who are still at school or have just left school
- care-workers working for low pay (usually for charities)
- people caring for someone with a disability who is not a husband or wife, partner or child under 18
- members of religious communities (e.g. monks and nuns)
- people in prison
- people aged over 18 and entitled to child benefit
- members and dependants of visiting forces
- non British husband or wife of a student
- diplomats
- care leavers
Please note, where a property is solely occupied by students, care leavers or severely mentally impaired persons or any combination of these an exemption may apply.
