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Council Tax Arrears
jillie1974
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hi
I have fallen behing by £38 on my council tax and because I've had 2 reminder letters already this year are threatening to take me to court or pay in full. If i pay the arears in the next day or so will they let me go back to installments as i cant afford to pay it in full and i dont want to end up in court either. my local council is Bury,Lancs if anyone has had a similar situation
I have fallen behing by £38 on my council tax and because I've had 2 reminder letters already this year are threatening to take me to court or pay in full. If i pay the arears in the next day or so will they let me go back to installments as i cant afford to pay it in full and i dont want to end up in court either. my local council is Bury,Lancs if anyone has had a similar situation
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I think if you actually manage to talk to someone and pay the arrears then you will be allowed to continue the monthly payments. Council Tax and its arrears have their own rules, so the letters and notices that get sent out tend to be on the "agressive" side IMHO, but they have to do that to be consistent and cover themselves for the cases that do go to court.A house isn't a home without a cat.
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A few years ago, we got into arrears with our council tax and it was quite a bit more than £38. We phoned them up and came to an arrangement to pay. As bob says, they need to cover themselves if it ever went to court, so whilst their demand letters can be quite frightening, as long as you don't ignore them and phone them to discuss and make payment they should be okay."I've fallen down a hole" - said in best Monty Python voice-over.0
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Thanks for your advice.
I spoke to themon Mon afternoon. I can still pay the installments but they are still sending me a summons and charging me £65 for the privilege!!! Even though they have accepted my arrears payment and agreed to let me pay again in installments!! and even worse or funnier the man i spoke to was called Mr Crook!!!'Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded'0 -
can you not borrow this £38 from a friend ? far cheaper than the £65.0
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jillie1974 wrote:Thanks for your advice.
I spoke to themon Mon afternoon. I can still pay the installments but they are still sending me a summons and charging me £65 for the privilege!!! Even though they have accepted my arrears payment and agreed to let me pay again in installments!! and even worse or funnier the man i spoke to was called Mr Crook!!!
Your lucky, they took me to court even though I didnt owe a penny. Bury council can be pains in the booty.Work like you don't need money,Love like you've never been hurt,And dance like no one's watchingSave the cheerleader, save the world!0 -
i paid the £38 but are still sending me the summons apparently i just have to ignore it!!
makes me so mad as we both are hard working people and i was only 10 days late but there you go!!
a hard lesson learnt..never change payment dates...just waiting on this summons now but i it doesnt come i'll be ringing to get my £65 back!'Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded'0
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