Isle of Anglesey County Council

We are currently carrying out a review of certain Council Tax discounts and premiums to ensure that our records are accurate and up to date.

What this means

The council has appointed Infoshare (Datatank), a specialist data analytics company, to assist with reviewing: 

• Single Person Discount (SPD) – a 25% reduction for households with only one adult resident;
• Council Tax premiums – additional charges applied to long-term empty properties and second homes.

This review involves securely comparing Council Tax records with external data sources to identify any discrepancies or changes in circumstances.

Why we are doing this

It is important that Council Tax is charged correctly and fairly. This review helps to ensure discounts are applied correctly, premiums are charged where appropriate, and public funds are protected.

What you need to do

If your account is selected for review, you may receive a letter or email asking you to confirm your current circumstances. If contacted, please respond promptly. If your circumstances have changed, please let us know as soon as possible.

Important information about letters you may receive

Some residents may receive a letter issued on the council’s behalf by Infoshare (Datatank). These letters may include the following return address:

PO Box 2195,
Livingston,
EH54 0NU

Correspondence from this address is genuine and forms part of the council’s official review process. It is not a scam.

Data protection

We take your privacy seriously. Infoshare (Datatank) will process data on behalf of the Council in accordance with data protection legislation and only for the purposes of this review.

The Council Tax bill for a property where one of two residents is not counted will be the same as that for a property with only one resident. That is, you will get a 25% discount.

If someone who is not counted lives alone, or only with others who are not counted, a 50% discount applies.​

People in the following groups do not count towards the number of adults living at a property:

• Full time students
• Student nurses
• Apprentices and youth training trainees (apprentices must earn under £195 per week)
• Patients in hospital
• Patients in care homes
• People who are severely mentally im​paired​
• People who are staying in certain hostels or night shelters
• 18 and 19 year olds who are still at school or have just left school
• Care-workers working for low pay (usually for charities)
• People caring for someone with a disability who is not a husband or wife, partner or child under 18
• Members of religious communities (such as monks and nuns)
• People in prison (except those in prison for non-payment of Council Tax or a fine)
• People aged over 18 and entitled to child benefit
• Members and dependants of visiting forces
• Non British husband or wife of a student
• Diplomats
• Care leav​e​rs​​

Where a property is solely occupied by students, care leavers or severely mentally impaired persons, or any combination of these, an exemption​ may apply.

Please contact us for further information.

It is important that you are paying the correct rate of Council Tax.

A full Council Tax bill is based on at least two adults living at a property.

You may get 25% off your bill if you live on your own and count as an adult liable for Council Tax. You may also get a discount if you live with people who don’t count as adults liable for Council Tax.

A list of people who are not counted for Council Tax is available on this page.

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For the purposes of Council Tax, a disabled person refers to a person who is substantially and permanently disabled.

They can be an adult or a child and do not have to be responsible for paying the Council Tax bill.

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People who have been medically certified as having a significant cognitive impairment (SCI) may be eligible to pay no Council Tax or a reduced amount for the property where they live.

What we consider as a significant cognitive impairment

A person is considered to have a significant cognitive impairment (SCI) if they have a severe and permanent mental condition or neurological change that impacts on the brain’s ability to function and has a significant impact on that individual’s daily life.

Conditions that may lead to a significant cognitive impairment include (but are not limited to):

• Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia
• Parkinson’s disease
• severe learning difficulties
• stroke
• other neurological or mental health conditions that result in severe, permanent cognitive impairment

Having one of these conditions does not automatically qualify someone. A doctor or medical practitioner must formally diagnose the person as having a significant cognitive impairment.

Eligibility criteria

To qualify for a Council Tax reduction or exemption under SCI rules, a person must:

• be medically certified by a doctor or medical practitioner as having a significant cognitive impairment, and
• be entitled to at least one of the following benefits:
• Attendance Allowance
• Severe Disablement Allowance
• Disability Living Allowance (higher or middle rate care component)
• An increase in disablement pension (as constant attendance is needed)
• Unemployability Supplement or Allowance
• Working Tax Credit (with disability element or severe disability element)
• Personal Independence Payment (standard or enhanced rate)
• Armed Forces Independence Payment
• Constant Attendance Allowance
• Income Support (which includes a disability premium)
• Universal Credit (in circumstances where a person has limited capability for work and/or work-related activity)

Level of discount

The reduction you receive depends on how many people you live with and whether they are eligible to pay Council Tax.

100% exemption (no Council Tax to pay)

You will not have to pay any Council Tax if:

• you have been medically certified as having a significant cognitive impairment and you live alone, or
• you live only with other people who have also been medically certified as having a significant cognitive impairment

25% discount

A 25% discount applies if:

• you have been medically certified as having a significant cognitive impairment, and
• you live with one adult who is eligible to pay Council Tax

50% discount

You may receive a 50% discount if:

• you have been medically certified as having a significant cognitive impairment, and
• you live with other people who are not counted for Council Tax purposes (this can include full time carers who meet the carer conditions)

No discount

No reduction applies if:

• you have been medically certified as having a significant cognitive impairment and you live with 2 or more adults who are eligible to pay Council Tax.

Apply

Apply for a discount because of a significant cognitive impairment

We will then confirm whether you are eligible

• advise what evidence you may need
• explain how to apply

A person will be disregarded if they are:

• engaged to provide care and support to a person on behalf of either a local authority, the Common Council of the City of London, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, the Crown, or a charitable body
• employed by a person to whom they are providing care and they were introduced by one of the above
• employed to provide care for at least 24 hours a week, and are paid no more than £44 per week
• resident in premises provided either by the relevant body (that is, the charity) or by the person to whom they are providing care

The unpaid carer or relative

A person will be disregarded if they are:

• providing care to a person who is in receipt of:
  • attendance allowance
  • the highest or middle rate of the care component of a disability living allowance
  • an increase in a constant attendance allowance under the proviso to article 14 of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(3), or under article 14(1)(b) of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983(4)
  • an increase in the rate of his disablement pension under section 104 of that act
  • the standard or enhanced rate of the daily living component of personal independence payment
• resident in the same property as the person they are caring for
• providing care for at least 35 hours a week on average
• caring for someone who is over 18 years old who is not the spouse or partner of the carer, or they are providing care to a child under the age of 18 years and they are not the parent of this child

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A person is disregarded for Council Tax if they are under 20 years of age and they leave college or school between 1 May and 31 October in any year, and do not go on to a full-time course of education or a qualifying course of education.

Some young people leaving school or college will be disregarded as students when courses begin in October each year. They are not counted for Council Tax for a few weeks before becoming a student if they have reached the age of 18.

A person will be disregarded until 1 November under any circumstances in the year of leaving school or college.

Apply

Students

Students are disregarded for Council Tax purposes. The term student means:

• any person who is enrolled for the purpose of undertaking a full time course of education at a prescribed educational establishment
• a person under the age of 20 undertaking a qualifying course of education
• a foreign language assistant as defined

Student nurses

A student nurse is someone who is taking a course at a college of nursing and midwifery, or a college of health.

The course, if successfully completed, would lead to registration or the register maintained under section 10 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979.

It would be their first inclusion on that register.

Someone studying academic courses at universities or colleges, or who are on Project 2000 courses, are excluded from this definition as they are considered to be students.

Apprentices

The following criteria must apply for a person to be disregarded as an apprentice under Council Tax legislation.

They must be:

• employed for the purpose of learning a trade, business, profession, office, employment or vocation
• on a programme of training leading to a qualification accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
• employed with a salary, in receipt of an allowance or both (if the total is substantially less than the salary they would be likely to receive if they had achieved the qualification in question)
• receiving no more than £195 per week

Youth training trainees

A person will be disregarded for Council Tax purposes if they are under 25 years of age and their training is recognised under the Employment and Training Act 1973 and the Jobseekers Allowance Regulations 1996.

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A person who is resident in a care home, and who is permanently receiving care or treatment there, is disregarded for the purposes of Council Tax.

This applies to the care home where the person is resident, and not to the property where that person has moved from.

Where all residents of a property are disregarded (for example, where all the residents at a care home are receiving care) a 50% discount may be granted. 

Apply

A person is disregarded for Council Tax if they are a member, or a dependant of a member, of an international headquarters or defence organisation.

The organisations concerned are those currently designated by an Order in Council under the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964.

Apply

A discount may apply if a person is detained by order of a court, whether they are in prison, in a hospital or any other place. It does not include people in police custody until they are remanded in custody by the court.

This discount means people do not count for Council Tax, even though their sentence may be short and their home remains their main residence.

This disregard does not apply where the person is detained for non-payment of Council Tax or for default in paying a fine.

Apply

Cancel a Council Tax discount with our online form.

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