Changes to Council Tax Reduction Scheme
Published Thursday 20 August, 2020
Last updated on Friday 18 September, 2020
Our Council Tax Reduction Scheme - also known as Council Tax Support Scheme for 2020/21 was approved on 26 February 2020 and came into effect from 1 April 2020.
The following changes were made to the scheme.
1 – Increase the maximum amount of support from 75% to 80%. |
2 - Reducing the standard level of non-dependant deduction from £15 to £10 for non-dependants who work more than 16 hours per week |
3 – Disregarding child maintenance paid to a claimant or partner in the calculation of CTS. |
4 – Disregarding child benefit paid to a claimant or partner in the calculation of CTS. |
5 - Applying a fixed income period to working age claims for CTS to avoid multiple changes. |
6 – Applying a tolerance to Universal Credit claims for Council Tax Support to avoid multiple changes. |