Council tax advice

bextas

We owe £491 on our council tax for this year. We have to pay the full amount or we get a magistrates summons. I rang to say we can't pay thàt in full and could we set up a payment plan. They said no we must pay the full amount. The only way we can set up a repayment plan is once we've had the summons and this adds a further £90 to our account! I've told them we want the repayment plan but until we get the summons we can't have one so they make a further £90 from this.....is there no way round this? Thanks for any advice.

CIS

The council are correct, at this stage they are under no obligation to accept anything other than full payment.

At this stage they will obtain the liability order in order that they can secure the debt against any future default, its standard practice.

datlex

Even if they are correct nothing to stop you making the payment you can afford at this time. You owe the money and have to pay it one way or another.