Do Students Pay Council Tax?
Any household which is occupied exclusively by full-time students will qualify for a full exemption on council tax.
To be classified as a full-time student, you must be on a course that lasts at least a year and requires over 21 hours of study each week.
Part-time students will usually need to pay, but could be eligible for a reduction based on other factors (including being the only non-full-time student in the household, as we'll explain in a second). We've even heard of part-time students being eligible for exemption as they're still studying for more than 20 hours a week – but you should check with your council for the specifics.
If you're in a shared house with both full-time students and non-students, you will get a council tax bill through the door each month. However, only the non-student tenants will have to pay it – full-time students are still exempt.
So, if you have a situation where all of you are full-time students apart from one person who's not, unfortunately (for them at least!) they'll have to pay the bill themselves. That said, they will receive a single person discount of 25%.
Qualifying for council tax exemption
To qualify for council tax exemption, the council needs to consider you to be a 'disregarded person'.
You'll be disregarded from paying council tax if you're any of the following:
A full-time student (you've probably got that by now!)
Studying a course up to A Levels and are under the age of 20 (your course must last at least three months and you must study for at least 12 hours a week)
Under 25 and taking specific types of training, like government training schemes
A full-time student's 'overseas partner' (so child, spouse or civil partner who is not legally permitted to work in the UK)
A student nurse (who isn't already classified as a full-time student)
An apprentice working towards a qualification, earning no more than £195 a week.
There are a few exceptions to these, plus a few extra reasons you may be disregarded, so if you're unsure of your particular situation check out the government's official council tax page.
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