The Council Tax single-occupancy discount form has the following information on it.

Guidance notes

 

...

No other person who is over 18 must be living in the property with you as their only or main home.

Declaration

 

...

and that I do not have a husband, wife or partner who lives at this property at any time.

Apart from the two above quotations seemingly being incompatible with each other (only or main home & at any time), I have a few questions about when a person would be entitled to a single-occupancy discount.

1. If person 1 lives at address 1 100% of the time. Person 2 lives at address 1 50% of the time and at address 2 for 50% of the time, is person 1 entitled to the discount?
   
2. If person 1 lives at address 1 100% of the time. Person 2 lives at address 1 25% of the time and at address 2 for 75% of the time, is person 1 entitled to the discount?
   
3. If person 1 lives at address 1 100% of the time. Person 2 lives at address 1 75% of the time and at address 2 for 25% of the time, is person 1 entitled to the discount?
   

Assume address 2 is in different council area.

Similarly, to which council is person 2 liable to pay council tax in the 3 scenarios above?

too confusing for me

will ask for someone to seeif they know

ida x

Thanks.

I thought it might be a bit confusing. I have some info from the council now that I will scan and post up later.

Declaration

 

...

and that I do not have a husband, wife or partner who lives at this property at any time.

I assume this to mean a husband, wife or partner who for example is in the armed forces or whom otherwise spends much of their time away from the home, but that they still contribute to the total household income, and are still a husband/wife/civil partner/partner of the main resident.

A partner, at least for benefits purposes has their income taken into account when considering entitlement, and if their work/circumstances takes them away from the home but they are still a partner of the main claimant, and still contribute to the household income, they form a part of the claim. So a partner may not live there all of the time or any of the time due to work/circumstances but is still a partner and is still taken into consideration.

Whereas a person over the age of 18 whom is not a partner, and who does not use the residence as their main or only home does not form a part of the claim.

For points 1, 2 and 3 it comes down to 'sole or main residence'.

Even if a person spend 50% of the time in the property, if was their 'sole or main' residence they they would be regarded as living at the property.

A person could be mainly resident at property A in 1 authority but not be liable for council tax at that property yet still have a council tax liability with Council B.

Its difficult to generalise, you need specific details as each case if different.

Attached is some case law provided to me by my local authority.

It helped me to decide if I was single or not!

Hope it helps.

Single Occupancy Case Law.pdf