As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly apply for a Council Tax exemption.

What to actually do

1. Use a tool built for this

   The route this page recommends

2. Do it yourself

   Second choice

   A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open GOV.UK and your local council's Council Tax pages, find the current exemption guidance and application route, and copy the relevant questions or guidance into a note.
   2. Gather the Council Tax bill, the property address, the liable person's details, the names and circumstances of everyone living there, relevant dates and any supporting letters or certificates.
   3. Paste the copied council guidance and your factual information into the prompt, replacing each bracketed slot and removing unnecessary private information.
   4. Ask the chatbot to produce the evidence checklist and draft answers, then delete or correct any statement that is not supported by your documents.
   5. Compare every draft answer and requested document with the council's current application page, and mark unresolved eligibility questions for the council rather than answering them by guesswork.
   6. Open the council's official application form or online service, enter the checked answers, attach the evidence it requests and save a copy of the submission.
   7. Contact the council if the form does not cover your circumstances or if the start date, evidence or eligibility is unclear, then keep its response with your application records.

   Prompt

   Help me prepare an application for a Council Tax exemption in England, Scotland or Wales. I will check the result against my council's own guidance before submitting it. Use only the information I provide and do not guess, decide that I qualify, or invent evidence. If an answer is unclear, mark it as a question for the council.
   
   My council or local authority: [NAME]
   Property address: [ADDRESS]
   Who is liable for the Council Tax: [NAME OR RELATIONSHIP]
   People who live at the property and their circumstances: [FACTS]
   Reason I believe an exemption may apply: [REASON]
   Relevant dates: [DATES OR NOT KNOWN]
   Evidence I have: [LIST]
   Evidence I may need to request: [LIST]
   Council guidance or application questions: [PASTE THE CURRENT TEXT OR LINK]
   
   Produce:
   1. A plain-language summary of the facts I have given you.
   2. A checklist of the council's questions, the answer supported by my information, and any answer I still need to confirm.
   3. A list of evidence to attach, separating documents I have from documents I need to obtain.
   4. A draft covering message or application answers using no facts beyond my information.
   5. A short list of questions to ask the council about eligibility, missing evidence, the relevant start date and what happens while the application is assessed.
   6. A final submission checklist. Do not provide professional advice, and do not tell me that I qualify unless the council's published guidance explicitly says so for facts that exactly match mine.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

3. Hand it to a person

   The distant third

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.