Council Tax Problem

PinkChampagne

claire21 wrote: »

As far as I'm aware it's the electoral roll that has persons names listed on it.
Council tax is based on the house, a discount given if just one person lives there.
When you and your dad lived there the full amount would be due, even if another 5 people lived there the amount would remain the same.

When you moved out I presume your dad applied for the reduction that is allowed when just a single person lives there.

I don't believe my dad apply for the discount.

Does the bill relate to a period where your father got the discount and they now think you were living there at the time so the discount should not have been given hence an overpayment ?
It relates to the period I was not there and the bill was not paid at all.

There must have been letters from the council asking for payment before the bailiffs letter came?
I haven't seen the initial letters I only say the letter from the bailiffs as it had my name on it and I was lucky to see it before my dad came home.


Ps just looked at my council tax bill, we are a family and it's just addressed to me eg it doesn't have my husbands name on it. So the bill you have is for the house not you. Do you think for some reason your dad didn't pay it and as at one point of time you needed to be the addressee (if that's a word) for your car insurance that's why the bill has come in your name?

I agree I have a feeling he did not pay it and I put my name on it when I moved back in 2013 for my car insurance. So that could be why my name is on it and the Council took no notice that I was not living there in that period.

PinkChampagne

pjread wrote: »

But when someone else is resident and paying, and you are not is not generally one of them.

OP - do you own the property? If not, I would call the council and inform them of the dates you were resident, and offer to provide proof you were paying CT elsewhere.

It is council property.

other thing though, are these genuine arrears that need paying (i.e. has your father not been paying?) or is it because the council think/misinterpreted your notification as meaning you'd always been there, and are trying to reclaim any single person discount? The latter could get cleared up by communication. If it's the former though, the best case is they go after your father not you..

Thanks I think you are right I will need to go there with all the documentation cause they don't really seem to care on the phone. I also made sure I took myself off the electoral roll for this borough and went on the roll in a different borough and my credit report can confirm that.

PinkChampagne

Bollotom wrote: »

I'm with Hackney Council and we have an online account where you can view benefits and how those benefits are calculated. One of the sections says "Based on how many people" and it says "3" as my partner, 19 year old son and I live here. I, and no-one else is the person responsible for the liable amount. Check to see there is only your dad on the tax demand for the period you were away, make sure that the dates you paid tax elsewhere are the same as those demanded by the bailiff. This I can easily prove as I still have the council tax bill for the financial year 2012 - 2013 with me.

Who owns the family home? The one your father is staying in? The council.
I should take all my paperwork and go to your council housing department as there is a lot of confusion arising from your posts. If you pay council tax in one place you can't pay it in another. :cool:

Thanks I will have to do this, they are extremely rude on the phone.