COUNCIL TAX SUMMONS

FreeBear

Jude57 said: Given the amount of correspondence issued by Councils every day, many thousands of letters, Royal Mail collect it from the Council offices or from a separate mailing building so there's no certificate of posting which you can get from a Post Office.

My local council have all their mail generated by an outfit down in the West country some 500 miles away. This is then handed over to Whistl where is it roughly sorted in to large delivery areas. Eventually gets handed over to Royal Mail to do the final mile delivery - With so many fingers in the pie, coupled with multiple levels of contracts, even urgent letters can take over a week to be delivered. And it goes without saying, more opportunities for post to get delayed (the most common one is being missorted before handing over to Royal Mail and taking another week to be rerouted.

If the OP's council have applied for a liability order, it won't be for just the last few months - They will be wanting the whole year to be paid once the order is granted (plus costs).

penners324

Surely you Feb & March are months that don't get paid as most seem to pay over 10 months.

I suggest you set up a DD for it.

You may find you owe the whole year in 1 payment now.