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Payment of Council Tax - or not????
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After a couple of months sorting it out, we now know how much Council Tax we have to pay on our house in the UK.
We received a bill with an amount of £484 on it for the rest of this year, to be paid by four instalments of £121. My son paid the first instalment on 3 October. He has a receipt for this.
Now....on the online bill, it shows that a payment has been made for this amount, bringing the balance down to £363.
However, it still says four instalments dating from 2 November.
And, the money has not been debited from our bank account.
Have we just paid a month too early, and they will debit it in November?
Or have they made a mistake? What should we do?
All advice gratefully received!
We received a bill with an amount of £484 on it for the rest of this year, to be paid by four instalments of £121. My son paid the first instalment on 3 October. He has a receipt for this.
Now....on the online bill, it shows that a payment has been made for this amount, bringing the balance down to £363.
However, it still says four instalments dating from 2 November.
And, the money has not been debited from our bank account.
Have we just paid a month too early, and they will debit it in November?
Or have they made a mistake? What should we do?
All advice gratefully received!
(AKA HRH_MUngo)
Member #10 of £2 savers club
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Member #10 of £2 savers club
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
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I would say your ok, they dont debit for February and March so 4 installments from Nov would take you to Feb. If you had missed a payment it doesnt take them long to send a reminder. If your still worried send them a email.0
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they dont debit for February and March
We dont as a matter of course, but we can do to keep peoples payments down - its better to do that than put monthly installments on that people cant pay.
It seems that they are still giving you 4 month to py over, even with a lower outstanding amount - Dont worry about it, just keep an eye on the paymentsI 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.0 -
But the instalments still say £121 and the money hasn't gone from the bank; that's what I'm concerned about.
If we pay four more instalments it will be more money than they asked for initially! (We will have paid five instalments of £121 which is more than the £484 they asked us for)!(AKA HRH_MUngo)
Member #10 of £2 savers club
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Gross Liability 723.61
Net Liability 723.61
Council Tax Benefit 238.79 -
Payments Received to 09/10/2006 121.82 -
121.82 -
AMOUNT DUE for current year 363.00
Balance from previous year(s) 0.00
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE £363.00
Instalments
Due Date Amount Due Date Amount
01/11/2006 121.82 02/01/2007 121.00
01/12/2006 121.00 01/02/2007 121.00
This is the online statement(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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Looks like they scheduled 4 instalments, then your son paid them some money. So the bill is acknowledging the payment received but, as it wasn't expected, the instalment schedule is still showing the four instalments.
Ask them to reschedule or wait until the third instalment has been paid then ask them to cancel the last instalment.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
What a good idea - that is what we will do!
Why didn't I think of that???(AKA HRH_MUngo)
Member #10 of £2 savers club
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