Jacobs Bailiffs - Council Tax

Hi my house mate got a letter from Jacobs bailiff this morning for outstanding council tax.well my house is a shared house.and i don't have any issues with council about council tax.cause I'm still studying i don have to pay council tax.my question is,if they come,will they take my stuff as well?should i be worried?if anyone could help me with my query,i would be so great full,many thanks.

Ive registered here specifically because of Jacobs bailiffs, who have repeatedly hounded my ex partner over an old council tax debt, which was for £738.01 a hand written note was posted by one of their bailiffs a mr james Conwell (appropriate name) giving 7 days to pay the bill, wanting to help my ex get rid of the debt, I rang him and like an idiot allowed him access to my ex`s house, because I was confident I could pay them off, once he was inside he asked for £1,700 pounds and began to act slightly aggressively in front of my children, wen I said that was a ridiculous amount to have added on, he left and turned up with a crew of bailiffs under the pretence that I had been aggressive which I wasn't and they used intimidating and rude behaviour in front of my children who were then 5 and 7 years old, subsequently I did get aggressive due to their behaviour, which then escalated out of all proportion, so cammo2000 is this what you call reasonable behaviour, from bailiffs ?


The only people who get upset about non payment of taxes are people collecting money and making huge profits at others expense, in addition the charges are scandalous to expect a single mother to pay that kind of money is nothing short of extortion, legal or not I would also like to ask the question of upsetting young children by their actions because im fairly sure that no legitimate bailiff working in a legal and professional manner would behave in such a disgraceful way and to return with a team of aggressive bailiffs is disgusting, all because I allowed them entry, so there you have it, that's how they operate.


Im also curios if all those charges are legal ones.


Other things ive noticed is bailiffs tend to turn up around Christmas, I suppose they like to add a bit of Christmas cheer to the festive season.


Anyway that's part of my experiences with Jacobs bailiffs I wont go on any further but surfice to say I ended up paying £550 which was the minimum they asked for to remove the order, being, honest I was loathed to pay any at all, after the kind of behaviour they displayed and basically they only got any at all, because, I wanted to try help my ex from harassment from them. One more thing I think my ex has had to make arrangements to pay off the rest.

amylouise220591 wrote: »

Please help me guys, sorry to join your thread but I answered the door to a Jacobs law enforcement officer earlier, whom to I had no notice of him coming! He demanded I paid the full amount of £1,259.53, to which I was shocked and also confused as I have been making regular monthly payments of £20per month since 25/08/2016 to my old council to pay for the bill of £1,024.53, as I read this thread when I last received a letter from Jacobs in May, yes it took nearly 3 months for me to get the information of what we owed. Anyway Iv paid £20 a month so far which is £60 off the above figure to the council. Anyway, when he came to the door me and my partner both panicked and we stupidly paid £100 on card and said the will be back to collect the remaining £1159.23 on Friday (2/12/16). Now we are both panicking because it a stay at home Mum to two babies (3yrs and 1yrs, luckily they were both asleep when he came) and have no income what so ever and my partner is self employed so who knows when his next pay check will be! please someone help me! I'm petrified and right near Christmas too!

Hi

I’m sorry I’ve only just noticed your post. I think you might get more replies if you start your own thread.

Just to clarify, if it’s an enforcement officer (also known as a bailiff) collecting council tax they aren’t law enforcement. Just enforcing payment of a council tax bill.

Did you receive a notice of enforcement at all?

As long as he hasn’t been inside your home so far, listed your belongings and then you signed the agreement, he can’t force entry. The simplest way to stay in a strong negotiating position is to make sure you don’t let him in and keep the door locked. If you own a vehicle keep it in a garage or well out of the way for now.

You can only afford what you can afford so make a realistic payment offer. If the enforcement officer refuses to accept it you can save it up. There will most likely come a point where they either accept your payments or pass the debt back to the council.

There is a factsheet on council tax collection here which might be useful:

www.nationaldebtline.org/EW/factsheets/Pages/council-tax-recovery/counciltaxdebt.aspx

You’re welcome to contact National Debtline if you would like to discuss your situation in more detail with an adviser.

James
@natdebtline