Experian and benefit fraud

[Andrew McLean]

  On 11/08/2010 19:39, ken wrote:
> On 11/08/2010 11:53, Andrew McLean wrote:
>
>> It should be noted that there are perfectly valid circumstances where
>> there will be more than one person on the electoral register at an
>> address and where the 25% "single occupant" discount can be claimed
>> (e.g. where all but one of the occupants is a student).
>
> This is totally off-topic, but does that mean that as a single parent 
> living with a daughter who is now a full-time student I can claim a 
> councilk tax discount?
>
> Cos I'm pretty sure I never did before.
>
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>
Yes, as long as she meets the definition of full time student that you 
can find here:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/YourlocalcouncilandCouncilTax/CouncilTax/DG_10037422

I believe you can also claim the discount retrospectively:

http://www.nhs.uk/CarersDirect/moneyandlegal/finance/Pages/Counciltaxdiscounts.aspx

Andrew