Wrexham Council to undertake review on Single Person Council Tax discount

Wrexham Council is set to carry out a review of all residents who receive a 25 per cent single person discount on their council tax.

There is estimated 21,000 residents in the county borough who are currently in receipt of the discount.

However Wrexham Council have issued a warning that whilst most of them have a legitimate claim, “there may be a minority who have either forgotten to inform the Council that they no longer require the discount, or have deliberately submitted a false claim.”

The Councils partner, NEC Public services, will be issuing letters customers asking them to verify information via form or the online portal.

Recipients are being urged to respond to the letter or face the possibility of having their discount removed and backdated.

Councillor Mark Pritchard, Lead Member for Finance and Performance, said “Wrexham Council is dedicated to protecting the public purse and detecting fraud and we would like to thank our residents for their on-going cooperation throughout this exercise.”