Help - Bailliff visit for council tax dating 10 yrs

poisonivy_2

Please can someone give me advice.

In january I received a visit from the bailliffs for £190.93 (including costs) for council tax for 2001
I contacted the local council to inform them I felt I had already paid this.
to cut a long story short after providing paperwork and many calls, I had another visit today with 7 days to pay, the council inform me they could not allocate all the monies I paid over the years and therefore need to deal with the bailliffs, (who wont listen and want the money)
The council are now refusing to provide paperwork from previous payments to allocate against bills. I have done the necessary calls, letters etc...

How do I stop these bailliffs till I can sort out and prove whether I have paid or not.???

RAS

Hi

isd this the same Council? if so, get hold of your local councillor and ask them to get a temporary stop on the bailiffs.

poisonivy_2

RAS wrote: »

Hi

isd this the same Council? if so, get hold of your local councillor and ask them to get a temporary stop on the bailiffs.

Thank you for your reply. Phoned the local councillor so hopefully will get an answer soon.

PNPSUKNET

why dont people goto : http://www.lgo.org.uk/making-a-complaint/

poisonivy_2

Hi just an update, thanks for the link, I did report to the ombudsman and have our local councillor looking into this fow me. The council have now admitted that the "old" bailliff they used to use did NOT send all money to them and therefore they are unsure what has been paid. Only by what proof I have can they cancel this out.

Gordon_Hose

Have you sent them the proof?