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Council tax liability order
Leah1989
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I have deleted this post as quite frankly, CIS, your attitude is downright disrespectful, nor was it of any help to me.
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Now, surely as I wasn't living in the property (I know who was and could provide them with the persons details but I haven't!) they can't realistically try and recover this money from me can they?!?!
You don't have to be living in a property to be liable for council tax purposes.
It is up to you to show that the council tax you are not liable for the council tax for the period in question. It would help your case if the managing agents contacted the council - this problem usually arises when a person hasn't told the council that they have left a property.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 -
I have given the estate agents details in the letter and he has said that they can contact him and he will confirm what I have said.
The onus is on you to prove your not liable not for the council to chase the issue.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 -
Ok, so I provide the evidence, they can't actually reclaim any money from me? Correct?
Assuming your not responsible for the charge then then can recover nothing but any costs incurred for the summons/liability order.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 -
I am not responsible for the charge and I will not be paying a penny for summons/liability order placed incorrectly against my name.
If you cannot prove that you informed the council that you were not responsible for the charge at the time then they can enforce the costs if they so wish.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 -
Sorry, but you said you were shouting and screaming down the phone, hells bells man, it wasn't her fault. And you have the neck to call her rude.
Im not too sure whether this is a wind up to be honest.make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
How did they know where you were in order to send you the initial letter about your former residence you mention in your first post? Have they not tried to contact you there before?
I'm not suggesting anything, just genuinely wondering. But CIS is right in the advice given, I believe. And ranting and shouting at the 'phone is not likely to encourage a poor hapless bod at the other end of the call to be helpful...
Good luck with it. x0 -
I have deleted this post as quite frankly, CIS, your attitude is downright disrespectful, nor was it of any help to me.
And another ostrich wilfully ignores sound advice because it isn't what they want to hear and spirals further into the debt abyss. Sad, more than anything else.0
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