Rejected petition No exemption from council tax include prayer rooms.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We cannot accept your petition because the claim that prayer rooms create an exemption from council tax has no basis in council tax law. It is not possible for owners of domestic property to avoid council tax by claiming that their property, or part of it, is used for religious purposes. There are circumstances in which religious practice can give rise to council tax discounts, but the use of domestic property for communal worship is not one of these.

We're therefore not sure what further action you'd like the Government or Parliament to take.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

• Date submitted 12 September 2018
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