council tax -DLA discount

[tali122]

friend is not entitled to council tax benefit but he has a son recieving disability living allowance personal care at middle rate and lower rate for help getting around so will he get a discount for this? is the discount dependent on the friends income aswell (bearing in mind he is not entitled to any c tax benefit)?

[Ethel]

You can only get Council Tax Benefit if you are on a low income.

That is the only reason.

However, there may be an entitlement to second adult rebate IF the son is over 18 and the friend is a single parent.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

ethel get your facts right, you can get council tax discount for living on your own,25% to be precise.if your son is under 18 and you are the only adult in the house you can get this discount from the council

[Ethel]

I know that perfectly well, and get it myself, Norman.

But that is not means tested - you just get it for being the sole adult.

If that was the case here, the friend would not have been refused the discount.

And you can get Council Tax Benefit if you also get the sole occupancy discount.

[bednobs]

actually, you can get council tax benefit if you have a disabled person being looked after in the house, and thy have to have their own seperate room to be looked after in(eg for a ceiling hoist) i think. just having your own bedroom dosent count

[bednobs]

The disabled band reduction scheme aims to ensure that disabled people do not pay more Council Tax because they live in a larger property than they would have needed if they were not disabled. However, having a disability does not automatically entitle you to a reduction.

In summary, the requirements for a reduction are that the property must be the main residence of at least one disabled person and it must have at least one of:

an additional bathroom or kitchen,
any other room (not being a toilet) which is mainly used by the disabled person, or
enough space for the use of a wheelchair - if the wheelchair is for outdoor use only, this will not count
The room or the wheelchair must also be essential or of major importance to the disabled person's well-being, due to the nature and extent of their disability.

'Disabled person' in this context means a person who is substantially and permanently disabled. The disabled person can be either an adult or a child and does not have to be responsible for paying the Council Tax bill.

An extra room does not need to have been specially built, but your home will not qualify for a reduction unless the 'essential or of major importance' test above is met. Simply rearranging rooms (for example, having a bedroom on the ground floor rather than the first floor) is unlikely to make your home eligible for a reduction

[tali122]

thanks bednobs, firstly the friend has a high income and is not eligble for c tax benefit and the son on DLA does not use a wheelchair or have seperate rooms , therefore my understanding of the answer is that that son will not recieve any discount
thx