Service Description: Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) is the new scheme following the abolition of Council Tax Benefit on 31 March 2013. LCTS helps people on low income pay their Council Tax. If awarded, LCTS is deducted from your Council Tax liability, reducing your bill. To claim LCTS you must be the person liable to pay the council tax bill for a property.
Also known as:- Council Tax Benefit, Council Tax Rebate, Council Tax Support, CTS, LCTS
Answer: Claimants classified as Working Age ‘Vulnerable’ are being protected in the same way as they would have received previously under the old council tax benefit scheme. This means that where the following are received they will continue to be considered for maximum support of up to 100 per cent, dependant on their incomes. o Disability Living Allowance o Attendance Allowance o Personal Independence Payments o Employment Support Allowance (Support Component) o Severe Disabled Allowance o War Widows Pension/ War Disablement Pensions/ Armed Forces Compensation o Incapacity Benefit long term rate Claimants and any partner of pensionable age are protected as vulnerable under the Government's default scheme.