Find out if you can get a discount on your Council Tax bill
Depending on your circumstances, you may be eligible for a discount or exemption from paying your Council Tax.
If you are the only adult living in your house you may be entitled to a 25% discount on your yearly Council Tax bill. You can only claim this discount in the property you live in.
If you, or someone (including a child) who lives with you has a disability, your Council Tax bill could be reduced to the next lowest Council Tax band. For example:
If there's an extra room in your home with certain features essential to a resident with disabilities, or the use of a wheelchair is required indoors then you may qualify for a reduction.
If you are providing support to one or more people, you may be able to receive a discount on your Council Tax. A carer is someone who provides care to a person who is entitled to one of the following benefits:
You must also live in the same property as the person for whom you are caring, provide care for at least 35 hours per week on average and the person who receives care must not be a spouse or partner or child under the age of 18.
If the property is occupied by full time apprentices or youth training trainees, a 25% discount will be awarded.
You must:
Households where everyone is a full-time student don’t have to pay Council Tax. If you do get a bill, you can apply for an exemption.
If a non-student lives with you, they must pay Council Tax but a 25% discount will be awarded where there is only one adult who is not a student.
Those aged 18 or 19 who are in full-time education do not have to pay Council Tax.
You can apply for your home to be exempt from Council Tax if you are single, in prison or on remand, and there is no one living in your property.
This exemption applies to unoccupied homes where the owner or tenant is receiving care or treatment in a residential care home, nursing home, hospital or hostel.
You might be able to apply for a discount on your Council Tax bill if you or someone you live with has a severe mental impairment to intelligence and social functioning, which appears to be permanent.
Conditions that might cause a severe mental impairment could include (but not limited to) people who have been diagnosed with:
Annexes are areas of living accommodation attached to your main dwelling, which have been separately banded for Council Tax.
You normally have to pay the full Council Tax bill for an annexe, but can get a 50% discount if it is used by a family member, a relative over the age of 65 or a relative with a disability.
You may be entitled to 100% reduction on your Council Tax bill, so you pay nothing, if you:
If this applies to you, you still need to apply for any other reduction to which you are entitled to such as:
We will top up your entitlement with a care leaver discount so you will not have to pay Council Tax until you reach your 25th birthday.
The discount only applies to Hampshire County Council care leavers living in the Hart District Council area.
If you apply to claim a discount, you will still have to pay towards the amount on your bill until we make a decision on your claim.
Apply for a discount or exemption
Read more information about properties that may be exempt and our list of Council Tax exemptions.
If there is a change in your circumstances that means you are no longer eligible for a discount, you must let us know.
Use the contact details on this page. You need to provide your name, address, the discount or exemption change you are reporting and the date on which the change was or will be made. If possible, please also quote your Council Tax reference number that you can find on your bill - it starts with a 6.
If you receive Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support and any change may affect these payments, you should complete a Change of Circumstances form instead.