quandry re: Univeristy 'Certificates' for Council Tax

[lindawallace]

Recently some I was discussing student exemption from council tax, with some mates who go to different Uni's. We discovered a very odd reality regarding the student confirmation letters ('certificates') that uni's routinely issue to local councils for students to get exemption from council tax. Regarding the end date of the course, it seems that each university treats it differently: main course end date was stated as the last day of teaching, while a mate from a different university had her end date be the date of the last final exam at the uni (even though her exam was a week earlier), and two of our lucky mates had their end date stated as the date of graduation quite some time after the end of their final exams. Althougether there's a difference of hundreds of pounds in council tax just between the differences in the dates of our small group.
Is there no standard as to what comprises an end of study date for purposes of council tax? If I had my end of course date stated to be the date of graduation I would be several pounds quids in. Seems highly peculiar that registrar secrtaries can have that much impact on how much council tax students pay! Have you known similar experience?

[soma]

Originally Posted by lindawallace

Recently some I was discussing student exemption from council tax, with some mates who go to different Uni's. We discovered a very odd reality regarding the student confirmation letters ('certificates') that uni's routinely issue to local councils for students to get exemption from council tax. Regarding the end date of the course, it seems that each university treats it differently: main course end date was stated as the last day of teaching, while a mate from a different university had her end date be the date of the last final exam at the uni (even though her exam was a week earlier), and two of our lucky mates had their end date stated as the date of graduation quite some time after the end of their final exams. Althougether there's a difference of hundreds of pounds in council tax just between the differences in the dates of our small group.
Is there no standard as to what comprises an end of study date for purposes of council tax? If I had my end of course date stated to be the date of graduation I would be several pounds quids in. Seems highly peculiar that registrar secrtaries can have that much impact on how much council tax students pay! Have you known similar experience?

IMO it should cover the period until the end of the academic year (normally june)