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
School leaver
Certain school leavers are disregarded for council tax purposes.
You will need to apply for this discount as this is not automatically granted.
Who can apply?
If you are a school leaver who lives alone, you may be entitled to receive a discount from your council tax until 31 October of the year you left school.
You may qualify for this discount if
- You are under 20 years old.
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You left school or college between the 1st of May and 31st of October in a year after studying a qualifying course.
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The course you were studying was no more advanced than “Higher” grade.
Amount of discount you may be eligible for
50% council tax discount.
If you live alone, you may be entitled to receive a 50% discount from your council tax bill until 31st October of the year you left school.
Alternatively, if child benefit is still being paid for the young person, then they will continue to receive this disregard.
We periodically review all exemptions and discounts to confirm eligibility.
How do I apply?
To apply for this discount, sign in or register on our Open Portal online account:
We need the following evidence
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Evidence of date of birth submitted e.g. passport, birth certificate.
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Name of educational establishment attended on 30th April this year.
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Name of course(s) of education undertaken on 30th April this year.
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.
