Settings

The following are the settings that can/should be changed by users to suit their requirements:

Name

Description

LowestCTBand

This will default to A and should not be changed.

HighestCTBand

This will default to H and exists because in Wales the number of Council Tax Bands is higher and the highest band is I.

EnableTransferToClaimAfterCalc

If TRUE the Calculator will allow applicants to prepopulate a claim with the information they already provided when completing the calculator.

ShowCTAmountsAlongsideBand

If TRUE beside each band the annual charge will show. This is the option that you should use if you do not have differences in prices for the same band. I.e. Band A is the same amount irrespective of the parish you reside in.

AskForCTAmountNotBand

If TRUE the customer will be asked for their annual council tax charge. This is because there are differences in the rates of council tax (even for the same band) depending upon the parish a person resides in.

LCTSEnable

This setting should always be true as it was introduced in 2012 ahead of 2013 when LCTS was first put in place.

LCTS_ProtectPensioners

This setting will always be true.

LCTS_SupportVulnerablePeople

This setting will be true if you support vulnerable adults as a part of your LCTS scheme.

LCTS_RemoveSAR

IF TRUE this means any claimants of working age will not be given the option to apply for Second Adult Rebate.

LCTS_RemoveOwnerOccupierLivingSituation

IF TRUE then the owner occupier option will not appear for working age claimants.

LCTS_ConsiderChildBenefit

If TRUE Child Benefit is treated as an income for the purposes of the calculation of Local Council Tax Support.

LCTS_ConsiderCapitalForPassportedClaims

If TRUE details of capital are requested even if they are in receipt of a passported benefit.

UseVulnerableMaxLiability

If TRUE then the ‘VulnerableMaxLiability’ setting in the Files area will be used.

This is basically about treating vulnerable claimants differently from both pensioners and (non-vulnerable) working age claimants.

MaxWhoAreYouAge

This setting defaults to 120 and controls the maximum age an adult can be. It's designed to prevent citizens accidentally typing a date of birth of 01/01/1080 for claimants instead of 01/01/1980.

MinWhoAreYouAge

This setting is designed to ensure claimants are not aged less than 16. It defaults to 16.

LoneParentChildUnder5SetTo100PercentLiability

In some councils they want to protect certain groups but only in terms of not reducing their liability that is used if the council's LCTS scheme has lower than 100% max liability. If this is true then lone parents to children under 5 have their calculation done based upon the full 100% liability.

ClaimantOrPartnerDLAPIP100PercentLiability

In some councils they want to protect certain groups but only in terms of not reducing their liability that is used if the council's LCTS scheme has lower than 100% max liability. If this is true then Claimants/Partners with DLA or PIP have their calculation done based upon the full 100% liability.

DisabledChild100PercentLiability

parents to disabled children have their calculation done based upon the full 100% liability.

Carer100PercentLiability

In some councils they want to protect certain groups but only in terms of not reducing their liability that is used if the council's LCTS scheme has lower than 100% max liability. If this is true then carers have their calculation done based upon the full 100% liability.

UseLCTSDiscountCalculation

This determines whether or not to do a discount mode calculation instead of a standard one. Set to true if you have an LCTD scheme.

LCTD_SelfEmploymentAsMinWageCutoff

This is the number of days someone must have been self employed for before we round their income up to minimum wage values

LCTD_MinimumHours

This is the number of hours per week we use for the income calculation of self employment at minimum wage

LCTD_MinimumWage

This is the minimum wage we use when rounding self employed income as above

LCTD_IncludeCarersAllowance

If 'true' we include carers allowance income in the weekly income when determining income band

DIsabilityDisregardNonStackable

If'true' we only include the disability disregard once regardless of the number of disabled people in the household

LCTD_UCExclude

If 'true' we do not include the associated part of the applicant's Universal Credit income in their weekly income for determining discount band [circumstance]

100PercentLiability

If 'true', we override the discount band and always set it to 100% in the appropriate circumstance

LCTDCalculationNetIncome

If 'true' we use net income value rather than gross for weekly income when determining discount band

NonDepDisregardByIncome

If 'true' we use three bands for non-dep income with associated disregard values, rather than a single flat value per non-dependant

LCTD_UCExcludeHousingComponent