Council Tax information letter 4/2024: Pension-age Council Tax Reduction applicants and Universal Credit
Sets out billing authorities� discretionary powers to mitigate the impact where a pension-age council tax support applicant becomes ineligible for that support during the remainder of financial year 2024-25 as a result of migrating to Universal Credit.
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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp government has made a set of Ministerial Directions to allow billing authorities - at no net cost - to use their discretionary powers during the remainder of 2024 to 2025 to ensure that pension age applicants for council tax reduction do not lose support as a result of migrating to Universal Credit as part of the closure of Working Tax Credit.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp cost of other discretionary discounts provided under section 13A(1)(c) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 must continue to be borne by the billing authority.