Please print out the required form, complete it and return it to the council Tax Section.
Direct Debit Form - www.directdebit.co.uk
Advice of taking Occupation
Advice of moving out
Single Person 25% discount (PDF)
Unoccupied Dwelling Discount (PDF)
Disability Reduction
Prisoners (but not those detained
for non payment of Council Tax or for default in paying a fine)
The severely mentally impaired
(must be in receipt of qualifying benefits)
Persons who have reached 18 but
in respect of whom child benefit is still payable
18 and 19 year olds who are at or
have just left school
Full time students, student nurses,
apprentices and youth trainees
Persons in residential care homes
in England and Wales
Careworkers working for low pay,
usually for charities
People caring for someone with a
disability, who is not a spouse, partner or child under 18
Members (and dependants) of International
Headquarters and Defence Organisations
Members of religious communities
(essentially monks and nuns)
Members and dependants of visiting
forces
Non-British spouses of students
Diplomats (must not be British
subjects)
Property owned by a charity - exempt
for up to 6 months
Where the liable person is detained
elsewhere (but not in prison for non payment of a fine or Council Tax)
Where the liable person has their
residence in and receives care in a hospital, residential care home or
hostel (Class E) or is living somewhere else to receive care (Class I)
Property which is left empty by
someone who has moved in order to provide personal care to another person
Property which is left empty by
students
Where occupation is forbidden by
law
Where the property is waiting to
be occupied by a minister of religion
Where a mortgagee is in possession
under the mortgage
A caravan pitch or boat mooring
not occupied by a caravan or boat
Property which is the responsibility
of a bankrupt's trustees
Property which forms an annex to
an occupied building
Where probate or letters of administration
are yet to be granted (and for six months after) unless the property passes
to a beneficiary or is sold
Property which is occupied only
by students
Property which is occupied solely
by a person or persons under 18
Property occupied solely by severely
mentally impaired people
Property occupied solely by a student
and non - British spouse only
Property occupied solely by a
diplomat or member of an international organisation
Property which forms an annex being
the residence of a dependent relative
The Council Tax Section
Dover District Council
White Cliffs Business Park
Dover
Kent
CT16 3PJ
Tel 01304 872199
E-mail: revenues@dover.gov.uk
