Moving into your first student home comes with a whole set of responsibilities unlike any you\u2019ve ever had before, from doing your own food shopping to paying bills. A lot of the time, there isn\u2019t a lot to prepare you for the reality of balancing these additional burdens.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, after you\u2019ve moved into your first student home, a particular\u2014and pretty scary\u2014letter shows up on your doorstep after a few weeks. Allow us to introduce you to the council tax bill. It\u2019s usually enough to make your eyes pop out of your head.<\/p>\n
At this point, you might start freaking out, asking yourself\u2014and the internet\u2014all kinds of questions: Do I really need to pay this amount? How do I get out of it? These questions are probably how you ended up on this page, right?<\/p>\n
Thankfully, if you\u2019re a full-time student, you will likely not have to cough up the full amount on your council tax bill. Allow acasa<\/strong> to explain why.<\/p>\n The good news is that if you\u2019re living a student house\u2014that being one where every resident is in full-time education\u2014the household will be exempt from paying council tax. This includes undergraduate and postgraduate students and applies to all residences: both student halls and off-campus accommodation such as shared houses.<\/p>\n Of course this gets a bit more complicated if you are living with people who aren\u2019t students or who study part-time, for instance. Part-time students can apply for a reduction in their council tax bill, which only they will be responsible for paying.<\/p>\n However, the bill isn\u2019t judged individually but by household, meaning that if there are three full-time students and one person in employment the individual in employment will be responsible for one hefty council tax bill for the whole house, which can be pretty uncomfortable.<\/p>\n Getting the letter in the postbox can cause you to go into a blind panic, thinking that you\u2019ve missed your opportunity to be granted an exemption and you\u2019re now liable for paying this substantial amount. However, generally you can provide evidence that you\u2019re all in full-time education to the council tax office and it will all go away. You\u2019ll even get a new letter with a glorious \u00a30 due at the end of it.<\/p>\n You usually won\u2019t need to provide evidence in your first year if you\u2019re living in student halls, as the council automatically classifies these as exempt. However, remember that you\u2019ll need to re-submit evidence at the start of every academic year that you\u2019re living off-campus!<\/p>\n acasa is designed for anyone sharing a house, from students to young professionals to couples. With acasa, you can avoid unnecessary conflict around splitting utility bills with our direct billing and balance tracking systems.<\/p>\n Get a free quote for your property and enjoy a more stress-free approach to managing your shared house.<\/p>\n Moving into your first student home comes with a whole set of responsibilities unlike any you\u2019ve ever had before, from doing your own food shopping to paying bills. A lot of the time, there isn\u2019t a lot to prepare you for the reality of balancing these additional burdens. Sometimes, after you\u2019ve moved into your first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,15,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-house-sharing","category-living","category-personal-finance","category-university"],"yoast_head":"\nDo students pay council tax?<\/h2>\n
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