Do you get a discount on council tax if you get carers allowance?

[Blossomhill]

Just wondered if you can?

nope

I read somewhere you could?

i phoned and asked and they said no - but different councils may offer different services.

only if you use a room for equipment/therapy in my area anyway

As others have said - if one room is used- we get it, but I think we are going to stop ABA so won't anymore.

i think the room has to be solely used for therapy - so can't double up as a bedroom or living room. But might be wrong.

we had an obscure letter that i dont understand but it said, if one person over 18 or over gets carers allownace aND ANOTHER GETS dla HIGHER RRATE, IF i COULKD DISREGARD MY nIGEL THEN I WOULD GET 25% DISCOUNT

OH HOW WE LAUGHED

oops about that writing!

you're right HITC- we had an inspector come out to check the room.

sorry the letter said if i disregarded Nigel I would 25 % discount

is that an incentive?

get

we live in scotland, and because my daughter has a wheelchair we have recently had our council tax band down graded - hope that helps.

I think there's two types of council tax discount. The one where a room in your house is adapted for the disabled person and for their SOLE use (we get that atm, haven't told them its no longer the case ) and there's something called something like Disabled Discount. I think they're different anyway.... I saw some info on the second one in a newsletter. Carers UK would be able to tell you.
Jimjams, will you tell them when you stop doing ABA and using the room for that? I reckon I could make a case for the room being for teaching materials, files etc and it has to be locked at the moment, but its not the same as when they awarded the discount......

i am still giglling about being told to disregard my husband in return for a 25% discount

Heh heh, good advice fio

I probably will Davros- I need to decide soon as we finished yesterday I may try and find someone else so I won't tell them yet- I don't feel guilty about it as it still has all the sensory stuff cluttering it up, and the files and anyway it took them ages to give us a discount so I fugure they owe us time iyswim.