Reducing your council tax

The full Council Tax bill assumes two adults (adult defined as aged 18 years or over).

If only one adult occupies your property you can get 25% off your bill. You can email us at counciltax@wandsworth.gov.uk providing the following details:

• Confirmation that you are the only person over the age of 18 in the property and that it is your sole or main residence.
• The date that your sole occupancy started.

Please note that it is the Council's policy to only backdate a single person discount to the beginning of the previous financial year (1 April) unless satisfactory evidence is provided supporting the request. This should be included in your initial application for consideration.

• You can apply for the single person discount by completing the online Application for Single Occupancy Discount.
• If the property is no-one's main home, it is no longer possible to claim a 25% discount. Someone's 'main home' is regarded as the property the majority of their possessions are kept, where they are registered to vote or whether registered at doctors for this address.
• Empty properties: for example, if a property is let to tenants, remains empty yet furnished in-between tenancies and is nobody's main residence during this time, it may attract a 10% discount.
• If a property is someone's second home, and they can prove their main residence is elsewhere (we normally request a copy of a Council Tax bill for the main home, if living in the UK, showing a full charge is being paid), then a discount could apply. Dependant upon whether your main home is in the UK or abroad, please download and post the appropriate form: Claim a second home discount if your property is empty and furnished, and your main home is in the UK or abroad, these can be found in our Related Downloads section.