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My recently widowed friend has been told she does not have to pay council tax. I'm curious to know why, her pension is £990 a month and she has less than. £16k in savings
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I have looked into this situation of your friend, and I cannot find anything that says a single person does not have to pay council tax. The single person in a property can get a 25% discount on the tax, but that is as far as I've got. Nowhere is the single person's income mentioned as a reason for not paying council tax.
Perhaps, if they had paid in full as a couple for the whole year, she may now be in credit if recently widowed and council are using the over payment to cover her costs for remainder of the tax year.
When my council tax was looked into for previous 5/6 years we got huge reimbursement and told no longer needed to pay for rest of that tax year.