To work out your Council Tax Benefit, we will look at:- money you and your partner have coming in, including earnings, some benefits and tax credits and things like occupational pensions
- your savings and your partner's savings
- your circumstances, such as your age, the ages and size of your family, whether you or any of your family are disabled, and whether anyone who lives with you could help with the rent.
The most Council Tax Benefit you can get is a 100 per cent discount. There are special rules for students.
The rates used to work out your Council Tax Benefit are generally the same as the allowance and premiums that make up Pension Credit, Income Support and income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). There are a few exceptions listed below.
Only use the amounts shown as a guide. The rules for benefits mean that your individual circumstances may affect the amount you get. This means you will not always be able to work out exactly how much you will get by using these amounts.
Weekly amounts
Deductions for non-dependants | |
|---|---|
Receiving Income Support, income-based JSA or Pension Credit | no deduction |
In remunerative work and | |
Gross weekly income less than £164.00 | £2.30 |
Gross weekly income from £164.00 to £282.99 | £4.60 |
Gross weekly income from £283.00 to £352.99 | £5.80 |
Gross weekly income £353.00 and over | £6.95 |
Others aged 18 or over and not in renumerative work | £2.30 |
Second Adult Rebate | Amount off council tax bill |
| Dwelling occupied by a student or students and one or more people on Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or Pension Credit. | 100% |
Rebate for second adults on Income Support, | 25% |
Second adult's gross weekly income less than £157.00 | 15% |
Second adult's gross weekly income from £157.00 to £203.99 | 7.5% |
Premium for people with preserved rights | |
Family (lone parent rate) | £22.20 |
