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Council Tax Reduction Scheme
Published: 16/01/2015
The annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme is due to be approved at a Cabinet
meeting on Tuesday (20 January).
The Council Tax Reduction Scheme is a reduction which is paid to low income
households to help them meet the cost of their Council Tax bills. It is a
national scheme in Wales with the main regulations for the scheme set by the
Welsh Government giving Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Council some powers to make decisions.
The Council proposes to continue to use the same areas of discretion which were
set out in the last financial year. These are:
- to continue to disregard all war disablement and war widows pensions as
income.
- not to increase the extended payment period to more than four weeks when an
applicant starts work.
- to maintain the standard three month backdating provisions for pensioners
when a good reason for failing to claim earlier is shown.
Councillor Aaron Shotton, Leader of the Council said:
Whilst there is no additional money available from Welsh Government to fund
the discretionary elements, I am pleased to say that Â鶹´«Ã½Íøվ’s Council Tax
Reduction Scheme proposed for 2015-2016 supports the continuation to disregard
all war disablement and war widows pensions as income