See if you could pay less Council Tax

Some adults are not counted for Council Tax. You could get a reduction on your bill you or anyone living with you are:

• People on some apprentice schemes
• 18 or 19-year-olds in full-time education
• Full-time college or university students
• Young people under 25 who get funding from the Skills Funding Agency or Young People’s Learning Agency
• Student nurses
• Foreign language assistants registered with the British Council
• People with a severe mental impairment
• Live-in carers who look after someone who isn't their partner, spouse or child
• Diplomats

You can also get a discount if someone who usually lives with you is living away. For example:

• If they are in prison or detained elsewhere
• If they are a permanent resident in a care, nursing or residential home or in hospital

To work out if you should get a Council Tax discount or exemption:

1. Count all the adults who live in your home as their main home
2. Discount anyone in the list above
3. If you're left with 1 person who counts as an adult, you'll get 25 percent off your bill
4. If this is your main home and you're left with no-one who counts as an adult, you'll get 50 percent off your bill

Apply for a Council Tax discount or exemption