Single person council tax reduction/students

[oldfatandtired1]

Hi
My husband left for OW more than a year ago. I had his name removed from the council tax bill but did not request the single person reduction as my 22 year old son was living with me. He is now moving to a town 100 miles away for work so will be leaving home next week. I also have a 20 year old son who is away at University but returns home during the holidays - does he "count" as living at the family home or not?

And yes, I know I have to ask the Council - I've been trying to ring them all morning and no blooming reply!

If your son is in full time education then he will not have to pay, wherever he lives, so no, he won't count. It's only based on the number of eligible earners in the household.

and presumably your son has a CT exemption from the address he lives at while at uni, so technically I suppose he is just a temporary guest when staying with you, not a permanent resident.

Thank you, that's a great help! (Still on the line to the Council . . .)