Council Tax when Bankrupt

kepar

Ineedaname wrote: »

Kepar - that makes no difference if you read the thread Dojo linked to. This is about whether the OP is liable for council tax for an empty property where the deeds are still in their name.

Thanks , but I will ask any questions I want..

Ineedaname

You're wasting your breath and the OP's time if they're not relevant to the OP's question.

debt_doctor

CIS wrote: »

I think people are confusing liability and council tax actually being due.

The OP remains liable for the council tax at the property until it becomes the legal property of another party however they may not have anything to pay (the OP's name would remain on the land registry docs as the owner until the property is disposed of).

Any Council Tax due to the date of bankruptcy would be included but as this year was up to date it would only be apportioned to the bankruptcy date rather than being included in full.

It is the OP's responsibility to ensure that any discounts or exemptions are claimed, whether this be a Class L exemption for a repossession or a Class Q exemption for a trustee in bankruptcy. Until the relevant details are supplied then the council will continue to recover the council tax due.

Once any exemption is awarded then the OP will remain liable for the property but no council tax will due for the period of the exemption.

I completely agree with that.

DD

debt_doctor

You need to provide the council with the neccessary information regarding your situation. Soon as you can.

DD

kepar

Ineedaname wrote: »

You're wasting your breath and the OP's time if they're not relevant to the OP's question.

Who the hell are you?

You tried to close another post recently because you were not happy with it .
Are you part of the forum police, if not butt out.

dojoman

Ding ding, round 3

debtinfo

CIS wrote: »

I think people are confusing liability and council tax actually being due.

The OP remains liable for the council tax at the property until it becomes the legal property of another party however they may not have anything to pay (the OP's name would remain on the land registry docs as the owner until the property is disposed of).

Any Council Tax due to the date of bankruptcy would be included but as this year was up to date it would only be apportioned to the bankruptcy date rather than being included in full.

It is the OP's responsibility to ensure that any discounts or exemptions are claimed, whether this be a Class L exemption for a repossession or a Class Q exemption for a trustee in bankruptcy. Until the relevant details are supplied then the council will continue to recover the council tax due.

Once any exemption is awarded then the OP will remain liable for the property but no council tax will due for the period of the exemption.

An excellent explanation

mandyl

dojoman wrote: »

Ding ding, round 3

ha ha ha :rotfl:

wildheart83

I can't stress the point enough that time really is of the essence here. I had an old council tax debt that was included in my BR (I know this isn't the same issue as the OP before anyone says) and I was amazed not only at how quickly the account was passed to the Stirling Park, but then how quickly it was sold onto Scott and Co after my BR went through. As I have said before Scott & Co are particularly vile to deal with, to the point I had to make a formal complaint to them over how I was treated by them.

CIS

but then how quickly it was sold onto Scott and Co after my BR went through. As I have said before Scott & Co are particularly vile to deal with, to the point I had to make a formal complaint to them over how I was treated by them.

Council Tax debts aren't sold on.