council tax

[Chi92]

As par as i know i dong have to pay council tax when i am a full-time student, right? If so, should the student dependent pay council tax at that time?
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The exemption only applies if everyone who could be liable for council tax in the property is a student. It's a tax on the property not the person.

What do you mean a student dependent?

Lets say i am a student and my wife is the dependat. Is my wife need to pay tax ?

What do you mean dependant? She isn’t your dependent. She is an adult. Dependants are children.

If you are both full time students then no council tax. If only one of you is a student then you need to pay council tax.

I will be a student again in September, my husband works. I won't be liable for council tax so my husband will be treated like any other single person claimant and get a 25 percent discount in our county.

Regardless of the number of children, If there are only 2 adults in the home and 1 is a student, then this qualifies as a single-adult household and there is a 25% discount.

If one of you is a student but other not you can claim single person discount.

Just a slight correction: if one adult is a student and the other adult isn’t, it’s a student disregard you’d apply for, not a single person discount. The amount of discount is the same.

If they are the only two adults in the house as a student you will not be counted and will have a 25% single persons discount on the council tax bill

A student-dependent visa holder can be exempt from council tax if they are the spouse or dependent of a full-time student and are not a British citizen or an EEA citizen, and they have no right to work or claim benefits in the UK. Is this the law? Right?

That looks like you've found it online somewhere - if it's on an official website it's likely to be more reliable than on here where people make things up if they don't know the answer.

It could also be that different councils charge differently. The best course of action is to look at the council tax section of your local authority's website, and also talk to them to make sure they are aware of you and your wife's status as student/dependent visa holder. They should then charge you accordingly - in the UK students are not liable for council tax and if what you have posted is true (I don't know) then it sounds like neither of you need to pay.

But this is something you need to check with your council. There might also be an 'international students' office at your institution who may be able to advise you on this.

Sorry, I was wrong with my answer above. I was a student, OH was on a spouse visa, had no recourse to public funds and almost no income. We only got the 25% discount. Your situation is different.

You should be exempt (unless something has changed since Nov 2023) but you may need to appeal if the council interprets the wording of the law in a specific way. See the info on Living with non-students at the bottom of this page.

https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/InformationAdvice/Fees-and-Money/Council-Tax

I think you should call the council tax helpline for your local authority and get definitive answer.