Council tax support
Council tax support is a benefit to help some people pay their council tax.
Single person discount
If you are the only person aged 18 or over living in a property, you may be entitled to a single adult discount. This discount entitles you to 25% off your council tax bill.
Unoccupied and unfurnished properties
If you own a property that is unoccupied and unfurnished, you may be entitled to a discount on your council tax or have an additional charge to pay.
Annexe
Annexes are areas of living accommodation attached to your main dwelling, which have been separately banded for council tax.
You normally have to pay the full council tax bill for an annexe, but can get a 50% discount if it is used by members of your family.
The relative can be a husband, wife, parent, child, step-child, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece.
- Apply for a reduction for an annexe (pdf 121 kb)
If the occupier of the annexe is not a family member of the residents of the main dwelling, the discount will not apply.
Disabled person council tax discount
We may be able to grant you a reduction on your council tax if a resident (adult or child) at the property has a disability.
If there's an extra room in your home with certain features essential to a resident with disabilities, or the use of a wheelchair is required indoors then you may qualify for a reduction.
The discount will be a band reduction on your council tax. This means that your property will be treated as though it was in the next lower valuation band.
- Apply for a reduction for a person with disabilities (pdf 180 kb)
- Apply for a reduction for a severely mentally impaired person (pdf 50 kb)
Care workers and carers
A care worker is a person who:
- gives care to another person on behalf of a charity or local authority and
- must work for at least 24 hours per week and be paid no more than £44 per week for this work
- lives in premises provided by the employer for the better performance of his/her job.
A carer is a person who:
- provides care to a person who is entitled to one of the following benefits:
- an attendance allowance at any rate
- the highest or middle rate of the care component of a disability living allowance
- the standard or enhanced rate of the daily living component of personal independence payment
- an increase in the rate of disablement pension
- an increase in constant attendance allowance
- an armed forces independent payment, and
- lives in the same property as the person for whom they are caring
- must provide care for at least 35 hours per week on average, and
- the person who receives care must not be a spouse or partner, or child under the age of 18 years old.
Please email revenues@easthants.gov.uk to make an application.
Students and apprentices
Households where every adult is a full-time student don’t have to pay council tax.
If a non-student resides with you, they must pay council tax. A 25% discount will be awarded where there is only one adult who is not a student.
If the property is occupied by students and more than one tax payer, no discount will be applied.
- Apply for a reduction for students (pdf 308 kb)
If the property is occupied by full time apprentices or youth training trainees, a 25% discount will be awarded.
- Apply for a reduction for apprentices (pdf 246 kb)
If you require more information, please email revenues@easthants.gov.uk or call 01730 234400.