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Council Tax underpayment docked from wages without permission

cepheus · 2009-01-25 18:11:51

A friend has recently received a letter informing him that he has underpaid his council tax and that a sum will be deducted from his wage each week to allow for this. The total amount owed, the dates and reasoning behind the underpayment was not stated in the letter. His local town hall suggested to him that he would need…

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CIS Posts: 12,260 Forumite

25 January 2009 at 11:30PM

For an A.O.E to be issued the legal minimum is a Demand Notice, Reminder and Summons. Many people may also have had a 2nd Reminder and/or Final Notice.

I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.
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