Reductions, discounts and exemptions
Single person discount
The single person discount provides you with 25 percent off your council tax bill. To qualify for the discount you must be the only adult (who counts for council tax purposes) resident in the property. Anyone who is temporarily away from home (such as working away or on holiday) is counted as being resident with you.
To apply for a single person discount please complete the change of circumstances application form:
Change of circumstances application form
Please use the above form also if your circumstances have changed and you would like to remove a single person discount from your council tax bill.
For further information or assistance please contact us
Empty property discount
Properties that are unoccupied and substantially unfurnished receive a discount of 100 percent for one month. The discount is for property and starts when it becomes unoccupied and unfurnished and once the month has expired it does not start again if there is a change in ownership/tenant.
If you qualify for empty property discount please contact us
Job related second home discount
If you live in, and pay council tax for a property which your employer requires you to occupy, and you are liable for council tax on a second furnished property, you may qualify for a discount of 50 percent.
If you would like to apply please complete the form below:
Job related second home discount application form
Disabled band reduction
If there is a room or other extra space in a property that is needed by a disabled occupant, the disabled band reduction scheme may help to get a reduction in your council tax.
Uninhabitable discount
You can receive a 25 percent discount for a maximum period of 12 months for unfurnished dwellings which require, or are undergoing, major/structural repair work to render them habitable. If the property remains in the same condition after 12 months it will become liable for the full charge.
Uninhabitable discount application form
Please note: if work has already been completed, supporting evidence will be required such as photographs and invoices for materials/labour. Please upload your supporting evidence to the evidence request form
Discount for annexes
There is a 50 percent reduction for people living in annexes, provided they are related to the person liable for the council tax of the main building and for people living in dwellings with annexes where the annexe is occupied by them as part of their main residence.
If you would like to apply please complete the form below:
Discount for annexes application form
For further information about exemptions for annexes please refer to council tax exemptions
Further discounts and reductions
With regard to discounts, people in the following groups do not count towards the number of adults resident in a dwelling:
- Full-time students, student nurses and foreign language assistants
- Apprentices and youth trainees
- Patients resident in hospital and in care homes
- People who are severely mentally impaired
- Persons in detention
- Care providers, or care workers working for low pay (usually for charities)
- People staying in certain hostels or night shelters
- People caring for someone with a disability who is not a spouse, partner, or child under 18 years of age
- 18 and 19 year olds who are at or have just left school
- People for who child benefit is payable
- Members of visiting forces and certain international institutions
- Members of religious communities such as monks and nuns
- Members of international organisations with headquarters in the UK, and their non-British spouses
- Persons on whom diplomatic privileges and immunities are conferred
If all but one of the occupants fall into any of these groups then a 25 percent discount will apply.
If all of the occupants fall into any of these groups then a 50 percent discount or even a full exemption may apply.
Exemptions
Some properties are exempt from council tax altogether which means that no amount is payable for as long as the exemption lasts.
Please see below details of exemptions. If your current circumstances exempt you from paying council tax, or you are acting on behalf of someone who's circumstances exempts them from paying council tax then please contact us
Contact us
If you would like further information or assistance, please contact the revenues team:
Telephone: 01253 891000
Email: revenues@wyre.gov.uk
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