Council Tax
Anyone who was in receipt of the Guarantee Credit part of Pension Credit was also eligible for full Council Tax Benefit, which covered the cost of their Council Tax bill. This rule was abolished in 2013, since Council Tax Benefit itself was abolished. Instead, councils are now legally required to introduce different rates of benefit for certain categories of people, known as "Council Tax Reductions" (marketed by many councils as "Council Tax Support"). For pensioners in particular, the Council Tax rate must be set to zero if they are in receipt of Guarantee Credit, maintaining the same level of support.