Help With Council Tax Summons

[applethunder]

Hi Guys,


I would like some advice please. I received a council tax final notice on 11th Match 2015 asking for payment of £64.42 before the 25th March 2015 to avoid being issued with a summons. I paid that amount on 14/03/2015.


However today I received a bill for £180.00 plus summons cost of £120.00. The summons date is 11/03/2015 - I believe I owe £180.00 for council tax but don't see why I should be asked to pay the summons when I had already been sent a demand for final notice which showed the amount as £64.42.


Is there anyway I can get the summons costs to be cancelled?

Thanks

[Kati]

Re: Help With Council Tax Summons

Contact your council and ask why you have been sent the summons?

[nemesis45]

Re: Help With Council Tax Summons

Hi, If your council is anything like mine the notice you have received will be dated up to 10 days ago because of cheap bulk deliver whenever postal deals.
This sounds like the end of financial year payment? Often a cause of these automatic template claims.
Get on to the Revenues & Benefits Manager of your council. If that fails e-mail the CEO.
nem

[applethunder]

Re: Help With Council Tax Summons

Just spoke to the council, they are saying the £64.42 was for the areas for the first period of areas and the £180.00 for the second part which I totally do not understand. Why did they not include the full amount in the final tax notice?

Do I have any case for getting the court summons costs cancelled?

[Kati]

Re: Help With Council Tax Summons

You could pay it before the court date I suppose?

Or turn up at the court on the day and defend/appeal against the summons (councils hate it when people do this )

[applethunder]

Re: Help With Council Tax Summons

Just spoke to the council, they are saying the £64.42 was for the arrears for the first period of an agreed installment and the £180.00 for the second part which I totally do not understand. The instalments were £144.42 and £104.00 - Where did they get the figure of £64.42? Why not include the full amount in the final tax notice?

Any legal grounds to get the summons cost cancelled?

[Debt Camel]

Re: Help With Council Tax Summons

do both of these debts relate to the same tax year?