Discounts
Council Tax rates are based on two adults living at a property. You may be able to get a discount of up to 50% off your Council Tax bill.
What discounts are available?
You can apply for one of the discounts listed below:
We will give a 10% discount from April 2004 if:
- the property is used as your second home.
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We will give a 25% discount if there is:
- Only one person lives there
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or - Two or more people live there and all but one of them falls into one or more categories listed below.
We will give a 50% discount if
- All the people living there are in one of the categories listed below;
- The only person living there falls into one of the categories listed below.
Long-term empty rate charge discount ended
As from the 1 April 2007 the discount of 50% for long-tem empty properties has ended. From the 1 April 2007 when a Council Tax property becomes empty an exemption is applicable for any period of less than six months during which no one lives in the property and it remains substantially unfurnished. At the end of the six months, if the property is still vacant and a different exemption is not applicable, then there is a liability for 100% of the charge.
The policy has changed to promote the quick renovation, clearance and re-letting of empty properties in the City.
Who doesn't have to pay Council Tax?
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- Full-time students
- People who are severely mentally impaired
- Members of visiting forces or certain international institutions
- Student nurses (including Project 2000 nurses)
- People staying in certain hostels or night shelters
- Members of religious communities (monks and nuns)
- Apprentices
- 18-year-olds for whom you receive Child Benefit
- People in detention (except those in prison for not paying a fine or Council Tax)
- Youth Training Trainees
- 18- and 19-year-olds in further education or who have just left school or college
- Husbands, wives or dependants of a student whose visa does not allow paid work or benefits
- Patients living in hospital
- Care workers working for low pay (usually for charities)
- Diplomats and members of certain international organisations and their husbands and wives
- People who are living in nursing or care homes
- People caring for someone who is not a husband, wife, partner, or child under 18
If you think that you are eligible for a discount, please contact us. You can download application forms by clicking on the type of discount above. You can print it out, fill it in and return to the address at the bottom of the form.
Download a copy of the guidance notes for Council Tax Discounts.
What if my circumstances change?
If you have been granted a discount and any of the circumstances which affect your entitlement change, you must tell us immediately. If you do not, you may have to pay a penalty.
Contact us
Post
Revenues Service
Liverpool City Council
PO Box 834
Liverpool
L69 2UT
In person
You can visit us at any of our one stop shops.
Telephone
0151 233 3008