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JumpingJames
JumpingJames Community member Posts: 43 Courageous
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So I am a litle confused about how much council tax I should be paying for now and future reference, and the answers online are confusing as they do not give much information.

I am single male 32, on UC LCWRA, and get PIP higher rate daily living and lower rate mobility. I live alone in a 2-bedroom terraced house and get £468.69 in UC housing element.

My council tax is Band A £1419.67 and I get 25% sole occupier discount.

Thank you.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,052 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hi,
    All local councils have their own rules so no one can answer that question.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Community member Posts: 3,127 Connected
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    As long as you ensure the local authority have all the information they require you should in theory be given a correct council tax bill. 

    If you need to query this, you will need to look at your own local authorities rules and see that they have all been applied. 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,052 Disability Gamechanger
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    Username_removed said:
     CTR is a local scheme so “maximum” in your area won’t be the same as maximum in my area. It almost certainly won’t be 100% of your CT.



    Mine is and has been since the start of the pandemic. Before that i used to pay about £9 per month.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,010 Disability Gamechanger
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    poppy123456 said:
    Username_removed said:
     CTR is a local scheme so “maximum” in your area won’t be the same as maximum in my area. It almost certainly won’t be 100% of your CT.
    Mine is and has been since the start of the pandemic. Before that i used to pay about £9 per month.
    I think extra money was provided by government to further reduce bills for those on CTR by up to £150/annum as part of the pandemic response. You should probably expect to pay again next year.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,052 Disability Gamechanger
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    calcotti said:
    poppy123456 said:
    Username_removed said:
     CTR is a local scheme so “maximum” in your area won’t be the same as maximum in my area. It almost certainly won’t be 100% of your CT.
    Mine is and has been since the start of the pandemic. Before that i used to pay about £9 per month.
    I think extra money was provided by government to further reduce bills for those on CTR by up to £150/annum as part of the pandemic response. You should probably expect to pay again next year.

    Yes, that's exactly the reason for not paying anything.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • woodbine
    woodbine Community member Posts: 11,629 Disability Gamechanger
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    Our local council gives 90% CTR less than 2 miles down the road and they only give 25%, which is a huge difference, I get the idea that they wanted everybody to make some contribution to their CT but it should be the same nationwide.
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,010 Disability Gamechanger
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    Username_removed said: However, I was talking about CTR alone and to the best of my knowledge almost no local schemes will pay up to 100%. 
    Although some still do I agree that they are now a rare breed.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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