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Landlord unpayment of council tax - unique situation
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Providing the council have issued the documents to an address which the OP agreed that they could then they have no argument as the council have issued the documents correctly. If they didn't provide the details to the council then they may have an argument.
It's not the council documents that are the issue, it's the court documents. The case is perfectly valid, the OP does owe the tax, but the court procedure may not be.There won't be a CCJ for council tax , it will be a liability order which doesn't go on your credit rating.
Thanks for the clarification! (Noted the sig)0 -
It's not the council documents that are the issue, it's the court documents. The case is perfectly valid, the OP does owe the tax, but the court procedure may not be.
The same applies regarding the address - all that needs to have is the documents are issued to the last known contact address.hanks for the clarification! (Noted the sig)
Strictly speaking a council could go down the county court route but the liability order route is the default route in legislation and gives the council much more power at much less cost and hassle - I never heard of any council actually using a CCJ.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.0 -
There is always a list of just who is responsible for CT, and the occupier always comes first, to stop it escalating, pay the bill then take the landlord to court, but only if you can prove his liability.0
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Regardless of contractual liability, he should be sued for the costs beyond the original CT because he held onto the court papers. And for the CT if he was contractually liable.There is always a list of just who is responsible for CT, and the occupier always comes first, to stop it escalating, pay the bill then take the landlord to court, but only if you can prove his liability.You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'0 -
Its actually a very common situation but short of the county court / small claims there's nothing you can do.
Council Tax legislation is quite clear in respect of determining who is liable but many people still come to arrangements where the landlord will pay - this works fine until the landlord doesn't pay.
Thus demonstrating that it's very rare that a situation that the poster thinks is unique actually is.0 -
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Thus demonstrating that it's very rare that a situation that the poster thinks is unique actually is.
Not really I see these cases regularly - landlords agreeing to pay and then not paying happens quite oftenI 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.0
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