Struggling to pay Council Tax

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[Amy]

Re: Struggling to pay Council Tax

Yes, the council is correct.

Council Tax is a priority debt and other debts should be repaid around your CT not the other way around.

[The Debt Star]

Re: Struggling to pay Council Tax

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[Caspar]

Re: Struggling to pay Council Tax

Absolutely, CT is very much a priority debt. They can arrange repayment plans and will, but this is how they think.

Aim 1 is to get all money owed paid back by the end of that financial year.

If this is impossible, then any repayment plan needs to cover ALL the current financial year (2011/12) and pay off as much as possible of the £700 outstanding from last year.

If next April you're in a similar position, then the same again would apply, any repayment plan they'd expect to see ALL of 2012/13 covered, plus anything still remaining of the £700 now outstanding.

That seems to be their mindset. It may not be what you want to hear, but that's how it works.

[The Debt Star]

Re: Struggling to pay Council Tax

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