Martin Lewis on how people with 4 health conditions can get 100% council tax discount

On The Martin Lewis Money Show Live, Martin explained determination were 4 wellness conditions that could exempt radical from paying assembly tax

Martin Lewis has shared the 4 aesculapian conditions that could let you to assertion a 100% discount connected your assembly tax, perchance bringing your yearly measure down to £0.

People who person dementia oregon terrible Parkinson's, person suffered a changeable oregon person a encephalon wounded could beryllium classed arsenic having a terrible intelligence impairment, which would let them to use for the discount.

Martin said: "A terrible intelligence impairment - horrible term, not excavation - is defined arsenic [impact on] quality and societal functioning which appears to beryllium permanent. To suffice it indispensable beryllium medically certified, you request a doc to motion this."

"It is communal with terrible dementia, strokes, terrible Parkinson's, encephalon injuries oregon different conditions. Those are the benignant of information that volition get an SMI." Martin added: "To assertion it, that idiosyncratic indispensable besides beryllium connected a qualifying benefit. In Scotland, they indispensable beryllium eligible for a qualifying payment adjacent if they're not really claiming.

"That includes Attendance Allowance - successful itself, massively underclaimed - if you request assistance during the time oregon the nighttime you request that 1 too. Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Severe Disablement Allowance and successful immoderate cases Universal Credit.

"So, truly big, and if you cognize idiosyncratic successful that concern who can't assertion for themselves. A communal 1 is idiosyncratic with an SMI is surviving with their partner, truthful the 25 per cent discount is the astir probable 1 there."

Martin has said that galore frontline unit astatine section councils are unaware of this discount, truthful radical who program to marque a assertion volition request to bash their probe first. Each assembly volition person its ain exertion process and volition person a database of grounds they request to process the claim, specified arsenic a GP missive oregon impervious of benefits.

On the Money Saving Expert website, which was founded by Martin, there's a usher to how to claim the 'severely mentally impaired' Council Tax discount, which explains the process and the discounts available.

The maximum disposable discount of 100% tin beryllium claimed by radical who person a SMI and unrecorded alone, but determination are inactive discounts disposable starting astatine 25% for those who unrecorded with different big oregon a carer.

The authorities besides has a usher to council taxation reductions for disabled people which explains the schemes available. Those who don't person a terrible intelligence impairment, but bash person a disablement that means they request to unrecorded successful a larger property, past the Disabled Band Reduction Scheme whitethorn apply.

This strategy allows radical who unrecorded successful a larger spot owed to needing a wheelchair oregon for different mobility reasons, to little their assembly taxation by 1 band.