Why am I no longer getting 100% discount?
If you are working age and were on what is called a 'passported benefit' but have been moved across to universal credit, you may now have to pay something towards your council tax.
Passported benefits include:
- ESA or employment support allowance (income based)
- JSA or job seekers' allowance (income based)
- IS or income support
If you were getting one of these, you would have been automatically entitled to maximum council tax support (i.e. 100% off your council tax bill).
Universal credit is not a passported benefit, and so we must calculate your discount based on your income - i.e. the amount of universal credit you get, plus any other income you receive.
This means you may now have to pay something towards your council tax.
Find more information about what your new discount will be using Entitled To online benefits calculator.
