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When to pay council tax??

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  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    At least the council tax payer can see how much is being spent on defined benefit pensions pensions and there is a pension fund to buffer the increases.

    Now shall we debate the Civil Service pensions and compare them with the Local Authority ones?
  • james2005
    james2005 Posts: 299 Forumite
    Keep paying sheeple
  • james2005
    james2005 Posts: 299 Forumite
    liam8282 wrote: »
    I think your ideas are a bit mixed up.

    First of all you say that you have not consented to council tax, but surely you consent by definition that you use the services?

    If you do not consent, you must not use any of the services.

    Knowing your rights and trying to pull a fast one on a court technicality, in order not to pay for services you use, are two completely different things.

    Anyway, the video you posted ultimately shows that there attempts in court failed, as the court was still decided against the defendant and the bailiffs were sent round!

    If I dont consent I must not use any of the services? Says who

    No it hasnt failed, theres much more to it, anyway the original poster wants to know when to pay his illegal tax so I told him not too and if he in two minds i told him to save the monthly payment and follow the process.

    Liam your very heavily brainwashed if you had half a backbone you wouldnt pay it so dont spurt BS.

    The reason i dont pay it is I have been duped.

    In your eyes you havent so just keep paying it, they rely on the sheeple.
  • CIS
    CIS Posts: 12,260 Forumite
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    If I dont consent I must not use any of the services? Says who

    So you dont want to pay but you want to continue using services that are paid for with the money you wont pay ? - sounds like double standards to me.
    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.
  • liam8282
    liam8282 Posts: 2,864 Forumite
    james2005 wrote: »
    If I dont consent I must not use any of the services? Says who

    This is a very simple thing to understand, but I can see you are having trouble with it, so I will try explain it for you.

    This is a pretty standard definition of giving consent by the fact that you are using the services provided.

    Just the same as people that for example take out a phone contract online and do not ever actually sign any contract or anything. Merely by the fact that they have taken out the contract and are using it, means they have given consent and accepted the contract.

    So if you use any of the services that are paid for by council tax, you are giving consent and agreeing to pay for those services. If you don't pay you will be held accountable for it.

    There is no argument you could use to justify your views, except maybe that if you don't pay council tax, you do not use any council tax funded services. But it appears that you are using the services, but just not paying for them!
    james2005 wrote: »
    No it hasnt failed, theres much more to it,

    You posted the video, the video showed that the case was decided against the defendant, and the bailiffs were being sent round.

    I would class that as a failure.
    james2005 wrote: »
    anyway the original poster wants to know when to pay his illegal tax so I told him not too and if he in two minds i told him to save the monthly payment and follow the process.

    Liam your very heavily brainwashed if you had half a backbone you wouldnt pay it so dont spurt BS.

    The reason i dont pay it is I have been duped.

    In your eyes you havent so just keep paying it, they rely on the sheeple.

    I am not spurting BS, you on the other hand...

    Actually the reason you don't pay is because you have been duped.

    You saw a video on Youtube and have decided to believe this, rather than the actual court judgement which was decided against the defendant and the bailiffs were sent round.

    OP if you want the bailiffs sent round to your house, follow the advice of james2005.
  • jonnyd281
    jonnyd281 Posts: 569 Forumite
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    And remember that you can go to prison for non payment of council tax.
  • FTBFun
    FTBFun Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    james2005 wrote: »
    If I dont consent I must not use any of the services? Says who

    No it hasnt failed, theres much more to it, anyway the original poster wants to know when to pay his illegal tax so I told him not too and if he in two minds i told him to save the monthly payment and follow the process.

    Liam your very heavily brainwashed if you had half a backbone you wouldnt pay it so dont spurt BS.

    The reason i dont pay it is I have been duped.

    In your eyes you havent so just keep paying it, they rely on the sheeple.

    It is not an illegal tax and the grounds for its legality are quite clearly set out in the appropriate legislation.

    What your suggesting is that someone should break the law. That's not advice anyone should be volunteering on a consumer interests forum.
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