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Council Tax Benefit

If you need financial help to pay your Council Tax bill, you may be able to get Council Tax Benefit. You may also get Second Adult Rebate if you share your home with another adult (not your partner or civil partner) who's unable to pay towards the Council Tax.

Council Tax Benefit

You could get Council Tax Benefit if you pay Council Tax and your income and capital (savings and investments) are £16,000 or below.

Second Adult Rebate

You could get Second Adult Rebate if the person you share your home with is:

not your partner or civil partner
aged 18 or over
not paying you rent
not paying Council Tax themselves
on a low income

You could get Second Adult Rebate even if you don't receive Council Tax Benefit.

If you're either:

not entitled to Council Tax Benefit
only entitled to benefit which would cover 25 per cent or less of your Council Tax

Your local authority should automatically check if you're entitled to a Second Adult Rebate.

Who isn't entitled?

If you have savings of over £16,000 you can't normally get Council Tax Benefit, unless you're aged 60 or over and getting the 'guarantee credit' of Pension Credit.

Your income and savings won't affect Second Adult Rebate. Second Adult Rebate is based on the other person's circumstances.

Most asylum seekers and people sponsored to be in the UK won't get Council Tax Benefit.

How to check if your entitled

If you think you may be entitled to Council Tax benefit, the link below will let you enter details of where you live and then take you to your local authority website where you can find out more.

Your council