Council Tax - Newcastle City Council

How to pay less
‘Disregarded’ adults
These are adults who are not counted when we work out your council tax bill.
These ‘disregarded’ adults include:
• people living in certain hostels;
• students, apprentices, student nurses and youth training trainees, (students can apply
on-line using the website);
• school leavers under 20;
• diplomats and members of international institutions and defence organisations;
• members of religious communities;
• carers;
• people who are permanently and severely mentally impaired;
• 18-year-olds who someone else gets Child Benefit for;
• people living in hospital, nursing or care homes; and
• people in prison (except those who are in prison for not paying their council tax).
Exempt properties
Council Tax is not charged for some properties known as ‘exempt’ properties.
The main examples are as follows.
Properties that are left empty because:
• the person who lived there has gone into prison, hospital or a care home;
• the person who lived there has moved to provide care somewhere else; or
• the person who lived there has died.
Empty properties that are also:
• newly built;
• not fit to be lived in, or having/needing repairs;
• unfurnished;
• part of another property and cannot be separately let;
• waiting for a minister of religion to move in; or
• repossessed by a mortgage company.
Occupied properties that are:
• student halls of residence;
• lived in by students only;
• lived in by severely mentally impaired people only; or
• lived in by people under 18 only.
Inspections
Sometimes, staff from our Revenues Division may visit you to get information to update our
records. All our staff carry identity cards, but if you are in any doubt you should contact our
Revenues Division on 0191 277 8869.
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