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Council Tax Support - Second Adult Rebate
Important Changes to the Council Tax Benefit Scheme
The existing Council Tax Benefit Scheme which helps people on low income to pay their Council Tax is being abolished and replaced from April 2013 by new local financial support schemes, called Council Tax Support.
The Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk has decided to keep the rules around claiming Council Tax Support the same as Council Tax Benefit for 2013/2014.
This means that the amount of help you receive will not be affected from April 2013. Any existing Council Tax benefit claims will be known as Council Tax Support from the 1 April 2013 and anybody making a new claim for benefit after the 1 April 2013 will be placed on the new Council Tax Support scheme.
Second Adult Rebate is a form of Council Tax
Support. Single people in a household are awarded 25% Single Person
Discount, regardless of their own means. Second Adult Rebate is
intended to compensate you if you do not receive this discount
because a 'dependant' adult lives with you.
You cannot claim Second Adult Rebate if you are married or
have a partner. The only time that Second Adult Rebate is
paid in respect of a couple is if one of them is 'disregarded' for
Council Tax purposes.
You may be able to have your bill reduced, regardless of your
own circumstances (including earnings and savings) because
other people who live with you are on benefit or a low
Income.
The Council Tax
Support and Housing Benefit Claim
Form (pdf 639Kb) indicates limited sections that
need to be completed, as it is the details of any "second adults"
who are now living in the property that are required, not details
relating to the claimant.
A Second Adult must:
- live with you
- not be jointly liable for the Council Tax with you
- not qualify for any other Council Tax Discount
- not pay rent to you
In practice, this is most likely to be a grown-up child still
living in the family home.
The rates of benefit obtainable under this scheme are detailed
in the table below:
|
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Deduction from Council Tax
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Second Adult(s) receiving IS, JSA(IB) or PC
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25%
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Gross Income less than £144 per week
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15%
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Gross Income between £144 and £185.99 per week
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7.5%
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Gross Income above £186 per week
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nil
|
Where there is more than one other adult in the property, the
Second Adult Rebate is based on the combined gross income of all of
the second adults.
Income for Second Adult Rebate is worked out in the same way
as for non-dependants, i.e. income (gross) plus annual interest
from capital.
Contact Details:
Telephone: 01553 616200
E-Mail: revenues@west-norfolk.gov.uk
In Writing:
Finance & Resources Department
Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk
PO Box 26
King's Lynn
PE30 1EX
Last updated: 11 March 2013
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