Telephone:
Minicom:
E-mail
020 8227 2926
020 8227 2413
[email protected]
Council Tax discount - Students
A qualifying student is disregarded for council tax purposes. This means the Council will not
count that person when calculating the bill.
For the purposes of council tax, a student is:
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a person aged at least 20-years-old, who is studying for a full-time course of education
and is enrolled in a prescribed educational establishment, whether that establishment is
in Great Britain, or a Member State of the European Union. To meet the criteria for the
discount, a course is considered full-time if it lasts for at least one calendar or academic
year and the student is required to study for 21+ hours per week. Lesson time, tuition,
personal study and work experience may count towards the total weekly study hours; or
a person who is under 20-years-old and is undertaking a course of education at a
prescribed educational institution and studies for at least 12 hours per week, on a
course that lasts for at least 3 calendar months; or
a foreign language student who is registered with the British Council and is currently
studying at a registered educational establishment; or
a student nurse who is studying at a registered educational establishment or nursing
college and is undertaking a course that leads to their first registration under the
Nurses, Midwife and Health Visitors Act 1997.
Please note that a non British spouse or dependant of a student is also disregarded for the
purposes of Council Tax.
If you believe this discount is applicable to you, please complete the application form overleaf.
A separate application form should be completed for each person claiming student status.
Council Tax should continue to be paid as billed until a decision on this application has been
made.
Please keep these notes for your information.
Telephone:
Minicom:
E-mail
020 8227 2926
020 8227 2413
[email protected]
Application for Council Tax discount - Students
Name of liable person:
Council Tax reference:
Property Address:
Full name(s) of person claiming discount:
1. Attending an educational establishment in Great Britain?
Is the student:
(Please tick one)
2. Attending an educational establishment in a European Member State
3. Studying by post or online?
If you tick number 1 above, you will need to supply a council tax exemption certificate. If you tick
numbers 2 or 3, you will need to supply the following: Confirmation of acceptance on course,
enrolment details, key details of course (duration, hours, syllabus etc.), confirmation of payment
for course - this may be an invoice, copy of a credit card statement etc., contact name and details
of the establishment course administrator.
Please supply the full name(s) of any other people aged 18 or more living in the property, excluding the
student named above:
Please continue on a separate sheet if necessary
Are any of the people detailed above non-British spouses or dependants of the student? If so, please give
their details and supply copies of their passports and residency permits.
Please continue on a separate sheet if necessary
Contact telephone number
Contact e-mail address
Fair processing statement.
The Council has a duty to protect public funds, and may use the information you have provided on
this form to collect money owed to the council and to prevent and detect fraud. It may also share
this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these
purposes.
Declaration:
 I agree that this information is correct
 I understand I may be fined if I give false information to the Council
 I will advise the Council Tax team of any change in circumstances within 21 days.
Signature:
Date:
Please return your completed form, with any other documents requested above, to London
Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Council Tax section, PO Box 48, Dagenham, RM10 7DE