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Council Tax & Benefits
The merger of the Council Tax and Benefits services avoids the
necessity to pass telephone callers, correspondence or personal
visitors from one department to another, and with appropriate team
and personnel training, individual officers are able to deal with
the majority of enquiries efficiently on a 'first call, one stop'
basis.
Council Tax
Council Tax is a locally set tax that is payable on all domestic
properties. There will be one bill per property, whether it is a
house, bungalow, flat, maisonette, mobile home or houseboat, and
whether it is owned or rented.
It is collected to help pay for local services such as schools,
roads, libraries, police, fire and rubbish collection, as well as
many other local services.
Benefits Calculator and claim online
You can find out if you qualify for benefit by using our on-line
benefit calculator.
To work out your likely entitlement or to claim on-line click on
Benefits calculator/ Claim on-line in the related links below.
Answer the questions as fully as possible. The calculator will give
you an estimate of your likely entitlement to Housing and Council
Tax benefit. You may find it useful to have details of your income,
savings, rent and council tax to hand. You will need all of this
information if you complete the on-line claim form.
Please complete the claim in block
capitals.
At the end of the form there is a list of documents that we will
need to see. We will not be able to work out your entitlement
without them. You can post them or bring them in to reception. You
must provide them within a month of making your claim.
Benefits Calculator and
claim online
Social Benefits
Welfare benefits are payments made by the Government to
individuals or families in order to provide a level of income
appropriate to their needs.
There are a wide range of benefits available which can
assist:
- Families;
- people with ill health or disabilities;
- people who are unemployed or on low incomes;
- people who have been bereaved and pensioners
For more information on the benefits that are available please
use the links below.
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