Discounts and Status Discount Disregards
The full Council Tax charge assumes two adults are living in the property. If only one adult lives in a property, a Single Person Discount of 25% may be awarded. This discount is not based on your income. When considering the number of adults living in a property, we do not count certain people. These are known as discount disregards and include:
- Full-time students, student nurses, apprentices and youth-training trainees;
- Patients living in hospital;
- People who are being looked after in care homes;
- People who are severely mentally impaired;
- People staying in certain hostels or night shelters;
- 18 and 19-year-olds who are at, or have just left school;
- Care workers working for low pay, usually for charities;
- People caring for someone with a disability who is not their husband or wife, partner or child under 18;
- Members of visiting forces and certain international institutions;
- Foreign diplomats and certain members of international organisations;
- Members of religious communities (for example, monks and nuns);
- People in prison (except those in prison for not paying their Council Tax or a fine).