Discounts and exemptions
Contents
- Introduction
- Single person discount
- Student
- Severely mentally impaired person (SMI)
- Care leavers
- Carer
- Apprentice, youth trainee or skill seeker
- Disability banding relief
- Person in hospital or care home
- Person in detention or prison
- People who provide care or who are cared for
- Person for whom child benefit is payable
- People under the age of 18
- Unoccupied and unfurnished property
- Unoccupied and furnished property discount (not a second home)
- Changes for second homes
- Estate of deceased person
- Spouse, civil partner, or dependent of foreign student
- School leaver
- Religious communities
- Manse or similar dwelling
- Dwelling repossessed by a mortgage lender
- Job-related dwellings
- Occupation prohibited by law/dwellings empty under statute
- Trustee in bankruptcy
- Voluntary care worker
- Visiting forces accommodation
- Ukraine refugees
Apprentice, youth trainee or skill seeker
You may qualify for a discount on your council tax bill if someone living in your home is an apprentice, youth trainee or skill seeker.
You will need to apply for this discount as this will not be automatically granted.
Who can apply?
To qualify as an apprentice, you must be:
- Employed to learn a trade, business, profession, office role or vocation.
- Undertaking a recognised course or program of training leading to a qualification accredited by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications or the Scottish Qualifications Authority, and
- Receiving a salary of no more than £237 per week before any deductions for income tax and national insurance. (£195 for periods prior to 31 March 2023).
To qualify as a Youth Trainee, Skill seeker, you must be.
- Under the age of 25; and
- Taking a relevant course under an individual training plan.
Amount of discount you may be eligible for:
- 25% discount if you live with another adult (applicable for household with a maximum of 2 adults resident).
- 50% discount if you live alone.
We periodically review discounts to confirm eligibility.
How do I apply?
To apply for this discount, sign in or register on our Open Portal online account:
Supporting evidence
Documentary evidence must be provided to support the assessment of your application: a copy of the apprenticeship agreement or a signed copy of an agreement between the apprentice and the employer, together with copies of wage slips. It may require to be stamped by employer and contain recorded details of income.
Please submit the necessary supporting evidence for your application.
Failure to provide the requested documentation may result in the assessment of your application being delayed or rejected.
If you are awarded a discount and the circumstances that led to that discount change, you must tell us.
