Change date	Changes
1 April 2014	No changes
1 April 2015	1. Maximum amount of capital a person can hold and still claim CTR reduced from £16,000 to £6,000. 2. Amounts for non-dependent deductions doubled (the amounts non-dependents are expected to contribute to Council Tax). 3. Second Adult Rebate scheme ended. This was an alternative non-means-tested version of Council Tax Reduction, where the presence of a second adult could result in a partial Council Tax discount, regardless of the income held by the main householder. 4. The maximum CTR a person of working age can receive was changed from 91.5% to 85%.
1 April 2016	The maximum CTR a person of working age can receive was changed from 85% to 80%.
1 April 2017	1. The taper rate was changed from 20p to 25p .This is the amount CTR goes down by for every extra £1 in the income a household receives above their assessed needs. 2. Maximum possible CTR is limited to the equivalent amount available for a Band D property. 3. Minimum CTR award is set at £5.00 per week. If entitlement calculation is less than that, no CTR is awarded.
1 April 2018	No changes
1 April 2019	Minimum change rule introduced. If a person has a change of circumstances but it would not alter their entitlement by more than £2, the change is not passed onto them.