Single Person Discount - Settings
The following are the settings for the Council Tax Single Person Discount form that users will adjust.
| Name | Description | 
| Enable Pay By Direct Debit | When set to true this will ensure that users can set up direct debits as a part of the move. | 
| Direct Debit Mandate Enabled | Where this is true a dedicated Direct Debit mandate will be added as a page within the form. Pre-populated from the data in the form already. | 
| Ask Why Delay After Days | This setting ensures that if a person applies for a discount it will ask for the reason for the delay if the number of days from when they want it to today is greater than this setting value in days. | 
| Customer Direct Debit Logo | This is the location of the council's Direct Debit logo. | 
| Hide Any Other Information DD Section | This setting if false will mean an additional box will be provided to allow the customer to provide any other information | 
| Show Contact Details DD Section | Where this is true a dedicated Direct Debit mandate will be added as a page within the form. Pre-populated from the data in the form already. | 
| Bank Account Holder Name Max Length | This is the maximum length of the account holder's name. This setting exists because of the fact that Northgate cannot holder name's greater than 20 characters. | 
| Direct Debit Type-Direct Debit Type Pre Year | When set to true this allows a customer to select to set up the Direct Debit for a previous year. This is only of relevance when integration is NOT in place. | 
| Direct Debit Type-Direct Debit Type Both | When set to true this allows a customer to select to set up the Direct Debit for a previous year and current year. This is only of relevance when integration is NOT in place | 
| CTax Account Reg Ex Pattern | This allows the actual format of the council tax account number to be set using a regular expression.  E.g. This below says there will be an initial number between 0 and 6. Followed by 11 digits that are 0 to 9. | 
| Disable Validation On Previous Button | When set to true this will ensure that users can move backwards from a page even if they have made a mistake on the current page. | 
| Earliest SPD Automated Days | This controls the earliest number of backward from today that the discount should be automatically awarded. This is designed to prevent users applying for SPD back many years. | 
| Include Cover Sheet Start | When set to true this will provide a coversheet at the end of the PDF generated with details of when the form started/ended and the type of move e.g. moving in, moving out etc. | 
| Year End Early Adjustment | This setting is used to control the year of the end of this financial year. I.e. if this year is 2020/21 then the number would be 21. | 
| Settings IEG4 need to set | |
| Maximum Number Of Days Allowed For Backdating | This is maximum number of days a person can apply for an SPD retrospectively. | 
| Number Of Days Before Review | This is the amount of days that should be used to set when the SPD Review date should be set for automation purposes. | 
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