Student Council Tax Court Summon

98saulh01 · 31 October 2014 at 12:44AM

I am a full time UK student and have just received a council tax court summon in the post.

It is asking me to pay the tax plus £82 in court summons. I am however no eligible to pay council tax as I am in full time education.

This means that I will be wrongly taken to court. If I call the council tomorrow to explain, will I still need to pay the court summon even if I no longer owe anyone money? PLEASE HELP

agrinnall · 31 October 2014 at 10:05AM

Have you previously told the council that you are a full time student, if not how do you think they would they know? What are your housing arrangements, do you live alone or with others, and if they latter, are they all students or are some of them non-students? Are you in a HMO?

CIS · 31 October 2014 at 2:40PM

98saulh01 wrote: »

I am a full time UK student and have just received a council tax court summon in the post.

It is asking me to pay the tax plus £82 in court summons. I am however no eligible to pay council tax as I am in full time education.

This means that I will be wrongly taken to court. If I call the council tomorrow to explain, will I still need to pay the court summon even if I no longer owe anyone money? PLEASE HELP

You are being taken to court correctly - until such time as the council are given the information and an exemption is awarded the charge remains due. They can continue to pursue you even if it's only the summons costs remaining (each council will have their own policy on whether they pursue or not).

Student Council Tax Court Summon

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