Council Tax

This_Government_Is_Corupt

I am new to this site and can not see anywhere how to created a New Topic so if anyone can assist me that would be most appreciated.

I would like to ask the following question:

Are local councils allowed to issue their own court summonses?

Also if council tax is a civil dept. why are local councils taking people to a Magistrates Court?

Why are local councils proporting to have obtained liability orders which they refuse to send to the individual involved?

If anyone can answer these questions that would be most appreciated,

Thank you

bengalknights

Have you asked the government?

[Deleted User]

Answers can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/council-tax/working-out-your-council-tax

Alternatively, contact your local council..

agrinnall

This is probably a good place to start.

The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

If you really want good answers on this subject then starting a thread on the Cutting Tax board would probably be your best bet, where experts like Craig (CIS) will probably respond - but you'd better be prepared for a lot of well-deserved flaming!

Gavin83

Council tax is one of those debts that are taken very seriously, it ain't going away. Why haven't you paid it? How long has it been outstanding for?

steampowered

The government is not corrupt.

You need to pay your tax.

macman

It's not a civil debt, which is why a magistrate's court has the power to imprison CT non payers, in extremis. In reality, a liability order and then an attachment of earnings order are the usual consequences. If not in (employed) work or not in receipt of benefits, then they may instruct bailiffs to recover.
In the vast majority of cases, non-payers who are summonsed do not attend court to dispute the granting of liability orders, although they will have been informed by letter of the application.

powerful_Rogue

I wonder if this is going in a certain direction.......

CIS

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

I wonder if this is going in a certain direction.......

There's a good possibility based on previous posts we've had (with comments such as 'proporting to have obtained liability orders' ) but for now lets answer ...

The court have to approve the council's application for the summonses before they will allow them to be issued. In most cases the council will do all the preparation work as the Magistrates' court doesn't particularly have the time or capacity to do so and the council will also post the authorised summonses.

The Magistrates' court deal with some civil cases, council tax is one of the few. The Magistrates' court deal with it due to the powers of imprisonment which can come from it as the civil courts don't generally have or use powers of imprisonment.

There is no requirement in legislation for the council to advise anyone a liability order has actually been granted and there is no requirement to send a person a copy of the order which is granted.

Craig

bris

The council send out letters, usually about 4-6 before it goes to court. If you were waiting on a court summons then that doesn't happen, the last letter gives you a clear chance to pay with 28 days or issue a summary warrant.


To say you weren't told is just wrong, all the letters didn't get lost in the post.

CIS

bris wrote: »

The council send out letters, usually about 4-6 before it goes to court. If you were waiting on a court summons then that doesn't happen, the last letter gives you a clear chance to pay with 28 days or issue a summary warrant.


To say you weren't told is just wrong, all the letters didn't get lost in the post.

In England and Wales the minimum notice is a demand notice and one reminder before a summons is issued. The summons must be issued before a liability order hearing can be held.

Craig