Council tax demands will soon be landing through letterboxes across North Wales, but could you be paying too much?

People who live on their own are usually entitled to a single person discount of 25 per cent.

A full council tax bill is based on at least two adults living in a home, with spouses and partners who live together being jointly responsible for paying the bill.

But some people can pay 25 per cent less if they either live on their own or no-one else in the home counts as an adult.

Those who do not count as adults here include children under 18, people on some apprentice schemes, 18 and 19-year-olds in full-time education and full-time college and university students.

This criteria also includes student nurses, people with a severe mental impairment and live-in carers who look after someone who is not their partner, spouse, or child under 18.

Some councils also offer discounts on council tax as an incentive to become authority-registered foster parents.

An occupied property can be exempt from paying council tax if it meets certain criteria.

In many cases this includes being solely occupied by students or care leavers, or that all the residents are severely mentally impaired or under 18 years of age.

Homes left empty by someone who has gone into prison, hospital, hostel, nursing or residential home or another dwelling to obtain personal care are also exempt.

For more information on any discounts you may be eligible for, visit https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-council-tax-discount and enter your postcode, where you will be taken to the relevant section on your local council’s website.

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