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PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY COUNCIL TAX POLICYIt is for the local Council, not the University to decide whether a student is eligible forCouncil Tax exemption, although the University will be expected to confirm whether astudent meets particular criteria.To qualify for exemption as a student, the legislation requires that individuals must beundertaking a full-time course of education. This is defined (in brief) as: A course which lasts for at least one academic or calendar year, on whichstudents are normally required to attend for periods of at least 24 weeks in eachacademic or calendar year. A course that also requires a period of study, tuition or work experienceamounting to an average of at least 21 hours a week in each academic orcalendar year.The University will provide the local council tax offices with an exemption listing of allstudents (undergraduate and postgraduate taught) with a full-time mode of attendance.This listing will be sent out in October, with an updated version sent out in February ofthe following year.If you are a part-time student, or are repeating a year of a full-time course on a parttimebasis, you will not be included in the exemption listing and will therefore need tocontact your local council tax office to seek guidance on any possible council taxbenefit or housing benefit that might be available to you.If you are an undergraduate student who is ‘topping up’ from an ordinary degree to anhonours degree you will not be exempt from paying council tax.If you suspend your studies or withdraw from your course, you will not be exempt frompaying council tax. It is your responsibility to inform the local council tax office of achange to your student status.If you are a Postgraduate Research student writing up your thesis and believe that youstill meet the criteria for exemption, as outlined above, you will need your supervisor toconfirm that you are in fact still studying the necessary amount of hours per week. Acouncil tax certificate for this can be obtained via the Graduate School.In some cases your local council tax office may ask you to provide a Council Taxexemption certificate. A certificate can be obtained from your respective faculty office.In most cases the exemption listing that we send out will suffice.Please note it is extremely important to realise that if you sign into a tenancyagreement with other full-time students and your status changes to part-time,you will then become liable for the council tax on that property. You would beentitled to a 25% discount on this, but as the only part-time student in thatproperty it would be your responsibility to pay.If you are unsure of your attendance status, please contact your faculty in the firstinstance. If you have any specific council tax queries, you will need to contact yourlocal council tax office.44
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