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It often follows that the person defrauding Council Tax, in this way, is claiming to be single for several other things as well. If any of them are on Income Support they may well have made a single claim and the same applies to Tax Credits. HMRC, these days, works closely with Councils and the DSS/DoE and this type of fraud follows a recognisable pattern. There may be much more money to be recouped than the reported Council Tax figure.