Council Tax issue

[Madeigan]

HI, I'm new but have an issue with council tax I missed 3 years of payments due to losing my son to cancer and losing my job as I turned into a total alcoholic and spent what money we had on beer but I turned it around and started paying last year's 22/23
I payEd on time and even cleared the instalments 3 months early I have all the receipts, but what the council did was take £10 of each monthy payment and put it on the 3 years I missed so I got 4 liability order though the letter box and 4 bailiff letters each costing £75
What I'm asking is can thay do that without my permission and take money from the 22/23 bill and say I have £80 still oweing i niw i owe the other 3 years will pay it

[Crazy council]

Hi.

Its quite a complex question that, becuase main CT legislation says any payment made in the year council tax is due, should come off that council tax. But council accounting departments seem to be a law unto themselves when applying payments to accounts.

So, i will make a suggestion on how to sort this, but if possible as well, can you check back in a week to see if i have asked you any questions. i am researching something in the background relating to exactly this, how payments can be moved around by council accountants without consideration of the cost or consequences for the member of the public .

So, to sort this. Email your council ct dept.

State ( nicely ) that all payments made int the year for council tax are for that year only and that no payments should be removed until this years is cleared,

You object against any charges added for late payments as the payments were made.

Ask them formally to consider using the funds they have to write off some of the prior CT due to the circumstances you have faced ( hardship grants )

An email like that should get things moving


Some questions for my research.

did you pay by direct debit or bank transfer
did you pay on time ( if not how many days later )
wht council is it

[Madeigan]

HI Crazy council and ty for you response
1 I paid at the post office
2 I paid the first installment a week early week then 3 installments on time and finish by paying a lump sum of £160 ...4 Months early

[Madeigan]

Oh and the council is bury council in manchester

[Madeigan]

Some further information for your research Crazy council
I had a phone convo with bury CT And was informed that if you don't pay the exact instalment ,ie £25 per month then that amount you payed will go on to your precious arrears and not that years bill putung you further in arrears and not even aware of it as thay don't inform you