Council Tax Liability

You can appeal against the amount of council tax you have to pay and for any of the reasons below.

• You are not the liable person. In other words, you do not think that you should pay the council tax.
• The council refuses to accept that your property has been adapted to allow a disabled person to live there and is eligible for a reduction.
• You think that the council should give you a discount on the council tax you have to pay. You may get a discount if the property is empty, if only one person lives there or if one or more of the people in your home should be ignored for special reasons.
• You think your property is exempt from council tax (that is, council tax does not apply to it).

Before you start to appeal, please make sure you have done everything that you should. The first thing you should have done is to have written to your council explaining what the problem is. The council should have sent you a reply within two months.

If the council did not agree with you, or if you are not happy with what the council has done about the matter you raised, you can appeal to us. If you want to appeal, you must contact us within two months of the date of the council’s decision. Please send us a copy of the council’s decision with your appeal.

If the council has not written back to you within two months, you can appeal to us as long as not more than four months have passed since you wrote to the council in the first place.