When do you have to pay council tax on an annexe. We count a dependent relative. An annexe occupied only by full time students or people under the age of 18 will be exempt which means you dont have to pay council tax for the annexe. Substantially or permanently disabled or. An annexe can be exempt from the council tax charge if it is occupied as the main residence of a dependent relative.
A full council tax bill assumes that there are at least two adults over 18 living in the property. You may get a. In 2014 the department for communities and local government scrapped council tax on annexes and ministers encouraged a boom in such properties by speaking of the benefits. An annexe will be exempt which means you dont have to pay council tax if it is separately banded for council tax but forms part of another property and a dependant relative is living in it as their main or only home.
A relative is classed as dependant if they are. For council tax purposes theres two different issues at play here 1 whether it forms a dwelling that should be banded for council tax and 2 whether or not it is an annexe under council tax legislation and eligible for any discountsexemptions. When is a discount possible. Substantially or permanently disabled or.
An annexe will be exempt which means you dont have to pay council tax if it is separately banded for council tax but forms part of another property and a dependent relative is living in it as their main or only home. We have been working to give people greater financial security by keeping household costs down through our 5 year council tax freeze which has saved the average band d household 1075 since 2010. Over the age of 65. Since the scheme launched on 1 april 2014 more than 2400 homes have benefited from the discount saving around 13 million on council tax bills across the uk according to the department for communities and local government dclg.
When a new property has been built or an existing property is converted to domestic use for example a warehouse conversion the property will need to have a council tax band. Over the age of 65. However you may qualify for a council tax percentage of discount or a complete exemption from.