Backdating your Council Tax Support claim
Working age
You can request backdating for up to 12 months if you have a good reason for not applying sooner. To request backdated benefit you must provide a signed letter (email requests are not accepted).
Please provide the following information in your letter:
- the date you want your council tax support to start.
- evidence of your income, benefits, and savings from when you want your claim to start
- details of who was living with you from when you want your Council Tax Support to start
- explanation as to why you did not claim Council Tax Support sooner. We may request evidence to support this
Pension age
We can automatically backdate your claim for up to 3 months or to the date you reached pension age (if less than 3 months ago). You must provide evidence of income, savings, and household details for the backdated period.
If you need to provide evidence to us please use the below form: