Discounts

The full Council Tax bill assumes that there are two adults living in the property. If only one person lives in a property they will be entitled to a 25% single person's discount. For a property which is no one's main home, a 10% unoccupied discount will apply. In addition to the above discounts, certain people are disregarded when counting the number of people in the property for Council Tax purposes.

These are:

• Children aged under 18
• Persons aged over 18 for whom Child Benefit is still being paid
• Certain school leavers under the age of 20 and who have finished a full-time course between May 1 and October 31
• People with severe mental impairment who are in receipt of certain disability and attendance allowances
• Qualifying students
• Certain YTS trainees under the age of 25
• Student nurses
• Certain apprentices
• Long-term/permanent hospital patients
• Certain people resident in residential care homes, nursing homes or mental nursing homes/hostels
• Most persons in prison
• Certain care workers