Council Tax and Baliffs

hallowitch

Dorthy Hopper needs her xxxxx kicked she should not be telling debtors to allow a bailiff into there home there is nothing in legislation to say you must allow a levy on goods




send a FORMAL COMPLAINT to the chief executive of your council


Tell him that you have tried to make arraignments to pay this debt in instalments however the bailiff and Dorothy Hooper have both said you must allow the bailiff into your home to levy goods incurring levy fees before an arrangement can be made to pay in instalments
Ask him if this is standard practise for this authority not to allow a payment arrangement to be made without a levy on goods

Ask him to point where in The Council Tax (Administration And Enforcement Regulations) it states this

Ask him if this the advice she is giving all debtors

ask him to confirm this in writing


Tell him legally you do not have to allow a bailiff into your home to levy distress for council tax arrears tell him you will not allow a bailiff into you home you will however pay this debt at £xxx by standing order per month/week you don't care who you pay as long as its by standing order and on stated date

Ask for a copy of there complaints procedure

send a copy of her e-mail and tell him you are disgusted that someone working on behalf of your local authority sends out e-mails like the one you received

jayjay2910

Thank you hallowitch , i will have great pleasure in sending the formal complaint into the chief exec of the council and a copy to her, oh working day is drawing to a close now, time to go home and put my feet up lol

what the bet someone will call me at 5.30 with a major problem :-0

hallowitch

I think Rude is an understatement

find out who your mp and e-mail him a copy
in fact find out who all the councillors and MPs are for the whole borough and send them all a copy send a copy to the leader of your council send a copy to your local newspaper sod the embarrassment to you there Will be none you were dealing with a death in the family no embarrassment for you

hallowitch

that is blackmail.

so was this RAS (as far as I'm concerned) full report in there downloads top right of page (don't think the link worked)
Report 09 006 694 Thurrock


http://www.lgo.org.uk/complaint-outcomes/local-taxation/local-taxation-archive-2005-to-date/thurrock-council-09-006-694/

dancingfairy

I'd want to be complaining to the ombudsman with an email like that - downright inaccurate and rude. They cannot force you to let the bailiff in. It's shocking. I'd also be tempted to get it splashed across the national papers if it wasn't for the fact you probably don't need the publicity with everything else going on. Shameful. Absolutely shameful.
df

Loretta

hallowitch wrote: »

Dorthy Hopper needs her xxxxx kicked she should not be telling debtors to allow a bailiff into there home there is nothing in legislation to say you must allow a levy on goods




send a FORMAL COMPLAINT to the chief executive of your council


Tell him that you have tried to make arraignments to pay this debt in instalments however the bailiff and Dorothy Hooper have both said you must allow the bailiff into your home to levy goods incurring levy fees before an arrangement can be made to pay in instalments
Ask him if this is standard practise for this authority not to allow a payment arrangement to be made without a levy on goods

Ask him to point where in The Council Tax (Administration And Enforcement Regulations) it states this

Ask him if this the advice she is giving all debtors

ask him to confirm this in writing


Tell him legally you do not have to allow a bailiff into your home to levy distress for council tax arrears tell him you will not allow a bailiff into you home you will however pay this debt at £xxx by standing order per month/week you don't care who you pay as long as its by standing order and on stated date

Ask for a copy of there complaints procedure

send a copy of her e-mail and tell him you are disgusted that someone working on behalf of your local authority sends out e-mails like the one you received

and send copies of this letter and of all other correspondence to your MP, local Councillor, Council CEO, Head of anything at the Council and just about everyone else you can think of and perhaps Dorothy will be sent off for 6 months for some retraining, she certainly needs it!

jayjay2910

Quick update - got up at 6.30am only to find a letter from the bailiffs through my door

"we have attended today with reference to the liability order, which has been issued in respect of the upaid Council Tax due to South Gloscestershire council.

So far we have not been successful in seizing your goods and chattels in respect of the above debt, However, this does not mean that we will contiune to be unsuccessful. your actions leave no alternative but to call at your premises unannounced with suitable transport in order to seize and immediatley remove your goods to public auctio. the cost of removal contractors and auctioneers will be deducted from the proceeds of the sales of your goods

We trust that will make this drastic and expnesive course of action unnecessary by contatcing our offcie immediatley.

In case of hardship we may be able to enter into an arrangement for you to discharge your debt over a short period of time

your faithfully

James Cohen
Certificed baillif

now im getting concered as my girlfriend went mad at me, as she dosent want the bailiffs turning to take everything we own, i tried to tell her that they can't do this and it only a started letter trying to bully me.

any advice on what to send to the bailffs to tell them to go and take a long walk off a short cliff, also have made a formal complaint to the council this morning about the email from

RAS

Have you confirmed that he is registered to work for Rundles? See hallowitch's earlier post.

jayjay2910

did a search on the site provided by harrowitch and found this entry James HumphreyCohenBristol County Court25/03/201024/03/2012Revenue Services Ltd

so i amuse Revenue services ltd are a sub contractor of rundles

hallowitch

jayjay2910 wrote: »

did a search on the site provided by harrowitch and found this entry James HumphreyCohenBristol County Court25/03/201024/03/2012Revenue Services Ltd

so i amuse Revenue services ltd are a sub contractor of rundles

Most local authority's do NOT allow there contractors (rundle &co) to sub contract out work on there behalf

go on to your councils web site and make a freedom of information request

Does xxx council have a contract with rundle &co if yes please provide a copy
Does xxx council have a service level agreement with rundle &co if yes please provide a copy
Does the contract /service level agreement provide for rundle &co to contract out the collection of council tax arrears