If i live in two different places during the week, where do i pay council tax?

[ladysybil]

Anyone have any ideas please? i live in one city for five days, as doing a degree there, but come home every friday for the weekend. I leave again sunday evening.

Full time students don't pay any council tax. If you live with someone who is working they pay 75% as a single person.

really? so dh could pay 75% instead of the full whack?

Where is your main residence i.e the home you own/rent?

In which area are you on the Electoral Roll?

I would imagine it is your "home" that you return to at weekends

he's not single, he has the kids, andme home every weekend.

yes, its home that i come to on weekends, holidays, everything. the other is just a place to stay overnight, coz the daily commute would be too long.

I know a single person only pays 75% council tax but it sounds as though your DH doesn't qualify for this

Decide which is your main residence first.

This is usually where you are registered to vote.

If your during the week home is a room in a house then the council tax should be paid by the landlord anyway.

If it is a whole house occupied by students then it is exempt from council tax.

If you are still liable for council tax at home then your student status brings a 25% reduction in council tax likewise if you register at your student accommodation. Your DH can claim the single person's allowance with proof of where else you pay council tax.

home is definitly main residence.
thank y9ou for that info. i will discuss with dh

Check with the council. Full time students don't pay any council tax, you need to check with the council whether your partner pays reduced rates as he's technically alone for most of the week.

Council tax is not a personal tax it is a mixed personal / property tax. Each property has to have a tax charge.

It is 50% property based and 50% person based. It works on 2 people living there which is why if there is only 1 person you get the 25% off. Long term empty properties attract 50% tax unless your council waivers it.
If you are a student full time then you are an exempt person whatever you live, you need to tell your local council and the 25% reduction will be applied. You will need proof such as letter from college/ uni.
You don't say where you live when you are studying. If the property is normally student accommodation it will not attract council tax.
However if you weren't studying you would be liable to pay council tax if you were living in a house or flat on your own / with one other person. If you a lodging it's up to your landlord but they should inform council tax dept and then claim discount as above.

When I was a full time mature student with a DH And a child, as a household we only paid 75% council tax.

It's classed as your "sole and main" residence and this will be where your husband and children reside as that is where you will have security of tenure.

Your student union should be able to issue you with an exemption certificate.

Your main home (where you return to every weekend) would be liable for a 25% discount on the council tax.

I hate the term "single person discount" as it takes on a whole new meaning, it just means that there is a single charge for one person rather than a double charge, as explained by welshdeb.

Student properties are exempt from council tax as everyone has an exemption certificate that is supplied to the council. However, if one person drops out of uni but remains int he house, then there is a council tax charge but it payable by the landlord.

I used to work in council tax.

My partner and I both have our own properties with 25 per cent council tax reduction for single occupancy. We have been together for a long time but would only spend weekends together whilst we were working. He developed dementia [diagnosed 2016] and I needed to spend much more time looking after him with the help of carers getting one night off to check my property and get a break. I retired in 2015. He went into hospital in 2018 and it now looks as though he will go into full time residential care. I need to stay in his house in order to visit him daily and provide personal care wherever he goes. What is our position now with Council Tax?

As a full time student, you don't count as a person for the purposes of council tax, so as long as there are no other adults living in the house (eg working adult DC) you get the 25% reduction for only one qualifying adult in the house.

Oh, missed that it was an old thread. Platinum it is usually best to start a new thread, but a new campaign by Martin Lewis might be helpful in your situation.

www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/severe-mental-impairment-dementia-council-tax-rebate/