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Hi, I am filling in a form to apply for Council Tax reductions, and there is a question that says "Do you pay for the upkeep of a student" ... does this mean a Student that is staying elsewhere, away from home, or for a student that is living at home with us ? If the latter, how on earth are you supposed to price that ?!?
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Do you pay all the bills? What about food?
Do you charge for accommodation or upkeep or anyhting else?Lawyer (solicitor) - retired from practice, now supervising solicitor in a university law clinic. I do not advise by private message.
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We have 2 children at home, both in full time education.Originally posted by atticus View Post
One is 11, the other 18, we pay all the bills, yes, and although the 18 year-old works part-time, doesn't contribute to any bills or costs at all ...
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When someone reaches the age of 18, they are regarded as an adult and for the purposes of council tax can be held liable for council tax at your property.
Council tax reduction is a means tested benefit and and therefore the entire household's income is used in the assessment. What they are asking is, "Is there a young adult in the household who is in employment?" Sometimes the forms are not worded very well.
You say that you have two children at home, one of whom is 18 and still in education, then you need to provide proof of full time education (a student exemption certificate or proof of course and attendance from the college) and proof of child benefit if you are still receiving it. This then allows a student exemption to be applied which means that no non-dependent deduction will be applied as until such time as the course of education ends, they are classed as a full time student. Any income earned in the holidays or at weekends should not be taken into account.
You can obtain a student exemption certificate from student finance (universities) or from the admissions officer at the further education establishment (6th form colleges etc).
If your young adult is as University and resides in halls of residence then they are not counted as being resident with you because their main residence is elsewhere. When they come home in the holidays, they would not be counted as resident either because it is temporary.
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