Getting Help With Your RatesIf you are struggling to pay your rate bill, you may be entitled to some help.This help comes in the form of a series of benefits, relief schemes and allowances. The lists below provide an overview of what help is available to what groups in society. To find out more detailed information, click on the appropriate link under the heading:
Who can get help?Benefit CalculatorThe Benefit Calculator is designed to provide people with an anonymous, personalised calculation of their unclaimed benefit entitlement. It takes the form of an anonymous online questionnaire, which once completed, provides a report. The report provides a calculation of all the main income-related entitlements available to the user, as well as signposting them to other benefits and services they are eligible for. It also provides a list of the nearest advice organisations who can provide help in taking forward applications for any unclaimed entitlement identified. This Benefit Calculator is provided by A2B Access to Benefits, a non-profit organisation supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and independent from any government agency including Land & Property Services. A2B develops technology and services designed to improve benefit uptake in Northern Ireland by tackling the barriers of lack of awareness, complexity and stigma. A2B and its Benefit Calculator are independent of Land & Property Services. Land & Property Services is not responsible for the accuracy of the content or results from the A2B Benefit Calculator. To access the Benefit Calculator, please use the link below: Help available
Application forms
Information Leaflets
Relief for full time students, trainees, under 18s and those leaving care (ETLC)Please note that this scheme closed on 1 December 2009. No new applications will now be accepted. Please click on the link below to see the information leaflet on the closure of the scheme: Non-domestic properties
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