We do not include full time students or youth training trainees when counting the number of adults living in a property for council tax purposes. If there are less than two people left to be counted, the person responsible for paying council tax can have a discount.
If all the people living in your home are full time students or on qualifying courses then the property is exempt from council tax. This does not apply to youth training trainees.
To apply for a discount or exemption, the person responsible for paying the Council Tax must complete a Council tax discount form and send it with a Council Tax Certificate issued by the college or university.
Under the government regulations the following students are not included in the council tax calculation.
Students on full time courses
A student aged 18 or over, studying full time in further or higher education at a college or university that is recognised. The student certificate issued by the college or university should show the name of the student, the name of the course and the start and end dates of the course.
Students on qualifying courses
A student under the age of 20 undertaking a qualifying course of at least three months and studying for at least 12 hours per week between 8am and 5.30pm. This does not include higher education. The college should issue a certificate showing the name of the person on the course, their date of birth and the start and end dates of the course.
Student nurses
A student nurse on a course that will lead to his or her first registration on any of Parts 1 to 6 or 8 of the register maintained under section 10 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979. The hospital, or college if the student is on a Project 2000 course, should issue a certificate showing the name of the person on the course, a statement that he or she is following a course of education as a student nurse, the date they became a student nurse and the date when the course is expected to end.
Students who are foreign language assistants
The student must be registered with the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges,and provide evidence of their appointment as a foreign language assistant at a school or college in Great Britain.
Youth Training Trainees
A person under 25 years old and taking part in the government's Employment Training Scheme. A statement is required from the Training Manager appointed under the scheme confirming the trainee's status, the date their course started and the date it is expected to finish.
For further information please contact Council Tax on 01883 732932 or 01883 732934 or email ctax@tandridge.gov.uk. You can also call the 24 hour automated telephone information service on 08459 400 470.
Or you can write to us at:
Tandridge District Council
Station Road East
Oxted
Surrey
RH8 0BT
