The Council Tax charge assumes there are at least 2 people resident at a property. When only one person lives there a discount of 25% can be given.
When a second person who is not your partner, child or joint tenant, lives with you and is on a low income or IS or JSA(IB) then it may be possible to claim Council Tax benefit up to the level of the discount which has been lost.
The second person will have to provide details of his or her income. Details of your own income and savings are not required in order to qualify for this type of benefit although it may be affected by other circumstances relating to yourself or other members of the household.
Where you are on a low income and there is a second person living in your home the council will work out how much Main Council Tax Benefit you could get and how much second Adult rebate you could get. However, only the one of greatest value to you will be awarded.
The following table shows the percentage reduction in the Council Tax bill which will be awarded as Second Adult Rebate.
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Second adult in receipt of Pension Credit, IS, JSA(IB) or Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related) |
25% |
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Gross income less than £175.00 |
15% |
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Gross income £175 to £227.99 |
7.5% |
There is no limit to the number of people who can be counted as ‘second adults’, but their combined income will used to work out how much your Council Tax will be reduced by.
Eg. If there are 2 second adults living with you who earn £109.00 and £100.00 (a total of £209.00 Gross) then your Council Tax bill will be reduced by 7.5%.