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
Spouse, civil partner, or dependent of foreign student
You may qualify for a council tax exemption or discount on your council tax bill if you are a foreign student’s spouse, civil partner or dependent who is prevented from working or claiming benefits.
You will need to apply for this council tax exemption or discount as this will not be automatically granted.
Who can apply?
To qualify, the spouse, partner or dependent must not be a British Citizen and must also be someone who, under Immigration Rules, is not allowed either to work in the UK or claim benefit.
We periodically review all exemptions and discounts to confirm eligibility.
How do I apply?
To apply for this council tax exemption or discount, sign in or register on our Open Portal online account:
Evidence required
The following evidence is required to support you application:
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Passport.
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Visa.
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Marriage Certificate (if applicable).
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.
