Council tax discount for carers and care workers

Carers can be disregarded for council tax purposes if they are providing care and/or support to one or more people and fall into one of two groups.

For the purposes of council tax, a care worker is a person who is employed to provide care for someone by a charity or local authority and a carer is unpaid.

Discount for care workers

If you are a care worker you may be eligible for a Council Tax discount if the following applies:

• You provide support or care for another resident who lives at the same address as you.
• You are employed to care for this person by a charity, or local authority, and they introduced you to the person requiring care.
• You earn less than £44 per week.
• You work for at least 24 hours a week.
• You are a resident at the place where you deliver care.

To apply for this discount please complete our application form and upload a photo or scanned image of your current wage slip. Alternatively evidence can be emailed separately to ctax@wyreforestdc.gov.uk please quote your council tax reference number.

Discount for carers

If you are a carer, you may be eligible for a Council Tax discount if the following applies:

• You provide care for someone who lives with you.
• You provide care for someone for at least 35 hours a week.
• You are not the partner of the person you care for.
• You are not the parent of the person you care for, if the person cared for is under 18.

The person you care for must be entitled to one of the following:

• The highest or middle rate of the Care Component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• Any rate of  Attendance Allowance
• The standard or enhanced rate of Daily Living Component of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• An increase in the rate of disablement pension
• An increase in constant attendance allowance
• An Armed Forces Independence Payment

To apply for this discount please complete our application form and upload a photo or scanned image of the benefit award letter showing the benefit entitlement for the person you care for. Alternatively evidence can be emailed separately to ctax@wyreforestdc.gov.uk please quote the council tax reference number.