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Hi everyone. New user here and hoping someone can help me with a Council Tax issue I'm now having. I receive a single occupancy discount of 25% since my wife moved away with work (100 miles away). She rents a city apartment and pays single occupancy council tax there. I'm self-employed and work from home. Between us we travel back and forth bi-weekly at weekends.. The plan was to sell our owned property (where I live) to buy a property nearer to where she is working. Of course COVID scuppered all of that and recently she has been back with me working from home due to the COVID situation, with the plan to return to her rented accomodation (for which she still has to pay all council tax, rent and bills) when the COVID situation subsides enough that staff are allowed back to work in the office.
I've just received a letter from the council stating that their checks by Transunion indicate that I may no longer be the only person living at my property. Well, truth be told I'm not but that's only a temporary measure due to COVID and I'm sure we can't be the only people who have formed our own bubble and been forced into this situation due to this virus. I'm actually quite surprised that the council are sending out letters like this in the middle of a pandemic. Anyway, I'd like some advice on where I stand with this. We don't know when the pandemic is likely to end and thus my wife doesn't know when she will be going back to the office. Under normal circumstances she wouldn't be here. If anyone can offer any information on how best to handle this it would be appreciated. My work has already taken a hit due to COVID and I begrudge losing my CT discount as well if it's also caused by this bloody virus. Thanks in advance of any reply.
Dave
I've just received a letter from the council stating that their checks by Transunion indicate that I may no longer be the only person living at my property. Well, truth be told I'm not but that's only a temporary measure due to COVID and I'm sure we can't be the only people who have formed our own bubble and been forced into this situation due to this virus. I'm actually quite surprised that the council are sending out letters like this in the middle of a pandemic. Anyway, I'd like some advice on where I stand with this. We don't know when the pandemic is likely to end and thus my wife doesn't know when she will be going back to the office. Under normal circumstances she wouldn't be here. If anyone can offer any information on how best to handle this it would be appreciated. My work has already taken a hit due to COVID and I begrudge losing my CT discount as well if it's also caused by this bloody virus. Thanks in advance of any reply.
Dave
