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: Central Government is abolishing the current benefit scheme and reducing the grant paid to local authorities by 10%. For the Isle of Wight, if we were to just continue with the current arrangements for the council tax benefit scheme, there would be a shortfall in funding of about £1.8m. Central Government has stated that the existing welfare system is unsustainable and changes are needed to make it affordable in the future.