If your wage varies every month does your council tax too?

[ConfusedVyThis2]

My DP was earning £700 per month and our council tax from that was £128 ( we also claim UC )

Due to COVID his hours have been up and down and his wage has varied from £600 to £800, our council tax is always £128.

Is this right? Does it stay the same throughout the year or will his lower wagss makes make our bill lower? His wage was £600 this month and £128 out of it makes a big difference this month.

[Cockadoodle27]

@emilyfrost Council tax reduction is exactly that, it reduces your council tax and the reduction will depend on both the wage and the varying local authority schemes. Likewise, a discount - of say 25% for a single person - means there is 25% less liability and a lower bill.

[emilyfrost]

[quote ChaChaCha2012]@emilyfrost Not sure why you're criticising the OP, when your earlier post is entirely wrong. Why are you not informed on monetary matters?[/quote]
My earlier post isn’t wrong. Council tax is always the same regardless of your wage. A discount doesn’t change the actual cost, it just helps the struggling person.

[amusedbush]

Definitely look into any reduction you might be eligible for. Our council tax was about £150pm but I'm now a full-time student, so I sent them a letter from my university confirming that and they reduced it by 25%.

[ChaChaCha2012]

@emilyfrost Not sure why you're criticising the OP, when your earlier post is entirely wrong. Why are you not informed on monetary matters?

[emilyfrost]

No need for all the catty remarks. There are lots of reasons someone may not be informed. Surely not dififcut for some of you to think that through before you leave a post mocking someone who may not have your advantages.

Sara2000 She clearly has the advantage of the internet and therefore could have informed herself on monetary matters years ago.

[ChaChaCha2012]

@movingonup20 It's based on household circumstances - household income, number of children, disability, savings etc. Also schemes vary between areas, so you might qualify for a reduction in one area but not another.

[dementedpixie]

@movingonup20

I earned £980 a month and didn't get a council tax discount.

Did you apply for one?

[Audreyseyebrows]

Must set a reminder to explain council tax to dc.

[movingonup20]

I earned £980 a month and didn't get a council tax discount.

[thegcatsmother]

No problems Buffalo....it was my job at the time, and I went from dealing with Community Charge to CTax. The LGFA involved was our bible.

[AtAmber]

I'm amazed by some of the comments on this thread!

[Sara2000]

The OP is right that you her a discount for being a low earner. The bit that isn't right is the assumption it would be automatically calculated, but as several people have suggested the OP need to ask her council how to access this.

No need for all the catty remarks. There are lots of reasons someone may not be informed. Surely not dififcut for some of you to think that through before you leave a post mocking someone who may not have your advantages.

[FourTeaFallOut]

Honestly, I'd never heard about it before this thread but it didn't take long to assume the op wasn't talking out of her arse and quickly Google.

[dementedpixie]

@ConfusedVyThis2

www.gov.uk/apply-council-tax-reduction

[ChaChaCha2012]

Are some people being deliberately disingenuous, or do they not know about council tax support?

[AtAmber]

@Redwinestillfine

You get a single person discount. Once your dp moved in you would have to inform them and you pay more. It has absolutely nothing to do with income though. £32 a month is very low, we pay about 6x that per month!

Also not correct.

[Redwinestillfine]

You get a single person discount. Once your dp moved in you would have to inform them and you pay more. It has absolutely nothing to do with income though. £32 a month is very low, we pay about 6x that per month!

[AtAmber]

@Brunt0n

Lol what? It’s not a means tested charge

It is if you're on a low income and quality for Council Tax Support.

[dementedpixie]

@Brunt0n

Lol what? It’s not a means tested charge

Well it can be if you qualify for a council tax reduction/support

[Brunt0n]

Lol what? It’s not a means tested charge

[Waxonwaxoff0]

Do you work OP? You do get council tax support if you are on a low income but you have to apply for it as others have said. I'm a single parent, when I was in rented accommodation I got a small amount of housing benefit and council tax support. I earned about £700pm and got working tax credits.

[AtAmber]

I'm a Council Tax and benefits advisor. You need to submit a claim for Council Tax Support. If you qualify it will be recalculated every month if your Universal Credit changes every month. You may be able to submit the claim online, have a look on your council website. Each council sets their own maximum level of support. The one I'm working for now has a maximum award of 55% of the bill. In my last job the maximum support was 88%.

[dementedpixie]

www.gov.uk/apply-council-tax-reduction

[dementedpixie]

You need to apply for any council tax reduction and would have to qualify for it - its not done automatically

[Plussizejumpsuit]

Are you from the UK op? I've never heard of anyone thinking this before.