council tax and br

CIS

Just a update, the council says as I was only sent 1 reminder that I have to pay he rest of the years council tax. Im not sure if thats right or not as the council dont seem to know what they are doing!

A first/second reminder would give you 7 days to bring the account up to date or a further 7 to pay the full years balance otherwise a Court Summons will be issued. If you agreed a payment arrangement on the back of the reminder then the money had not become due in full at the date of bankruptcy.

They gave no explanation as to why they sent me a bill for nil outstanding in the first place.

I would expect they had written off the balance and then realised their mistake and issued the amended bill to you.

tigerfeet2006

Cheers for claryfing that for us CIS. So it looks like the Hardup is liable for it then.

CIS

Iam not an expert of the bankruptcy side but the clarification was given the council I work for by the OR.

elliesmemory1

I have rang the or about this and they are not really interested. I was under the impression that only the arrears were included in br but it was the council themselves who told me the whole amount was written off in the first place. They even argued with me to say it was right only to change their minds a few days later.
I think someone made a mistake but it seems it is a very grey area.
thanks for replys

CIS

The arrears are only included if the account is up to date (e.g not yet due in full). Once the amount has become due in full the full balance of the year can be included.

I think someone made a mistake but it seems it is a very grey area.

TBH I think the only mistake in this was for them to write it off in error. Then they corrected this error to bring the account back to the way it should be.

elliesmemory1

Thanks for replys.