Struggling to pay your Council Tax?

Money counts to everyone and we are aware that some of our residents may not be claiming a reduction on their Council Tax bill to which they are entitled.

The full charge for Council Tax may be reduced by up to 100% due to the state of a property, household circumstances or the amount of income a household receives.

Granting reductions to those eligible helps to maximise households income, assists in the reduction of poverty or debt and aims to improve an individuals or family’s quality of life.  We don’t want you to pay more than you have to!

Take our four simple steps and see if you are entitled to any reductions or if we can offer any help to make the payments easier for you.

Step 1: View the categories of households that may be eligible to receive a reduction on their Council Tax bill

Step 2: Check if your households income means you can claim a reduction, you may be surprised

Step 3: View additional schemes to reduce your bill or ways to help you manage your payments

Step 4: Contact us to request further information or to apply for any reduction you may be entitled to

Council Tax is a government set tax and we as a billing authority have a duty to collect these taxes, we wish to do this fairly to all residents and as such checks will be made to help ensure reductions are not fraudulently claimed.

All reductions are governed by legislation and certain conditions may need to be met to qualify, where appropriate we have included a brief explanation, though due to space constraints it is not conclusive if you have any queries regarding the reductions detailed please contact us.