Someone on here mentioned about Council Tax single person reduction. Who qualifies for this? I'd not heard about this before and wondered if my husband qualified.
Hi Beate, I absolutely agree. I was just trying to highlight that the single person reduction, as queried by the original poster, may, in certain circumstances, be counted twice resulting in a 50% reduction as was the case for our situation. It's not only about the number of adults in a property, it's also about the relationships between them where disability (of any sort) and care are concerned. I just though it worth highlighting for others who may not be spouses/partners/parents of the "cared for" to check out in their own council areas xI guess it depends on the council what they accept but having to be in receipt of AA and getting a doctor's signature is the usual procedure to qualify for the SMI disregard, as evidenced by others here.
I guess it depends on the council what they accept but having to be in receipt of AA and getting a doctor's signature is the usual procedure to qualify for the SMI disregard, as evidenced by others here.
Yes, and you're absolutely right, it needs mentioning. My comment wasn't directed at you.
It seems it will be a visit to the doctors in Shropshire, application form (link below) is anything to go by, however, that said the starting date for the CT disregards is the date the doctor put as the person having an SMI, not the awarding of the AA.We have just been notified that my husband is going to be receiving AA now after a long wait. They have told me the payments will be backdated to when the forms were filled in so next thing will be to see about the council tax. Yet another visit to the doctors it would seem to get it signed.