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I received a council tax bill from the Borough council in April of this this year telling me I could pay by installments It had my present address on it and due to Goverment changes i assumed that i had to pay and I could pay in installments. I dont get my NHS pension until the 7th of the month as soon as I got my money i paid £21 for first installment. I had been on full council tax benefit before and paid nothing due to my low income. Then i get a first reminder of unpaid council tax. I thought it must be a computer error. This reminder bill is for my present address and it was still April and i had paid first payment for April.
Then I get a call from the Borough council today telling me that according to their records I am in arrears for my present address and the money i had paid went towards this dept. I moved to my present address 6 years ago and remembered that I owed them approx £300 from previous address and tried to pay a little towards paying it off but could not keep up the payments.
I think they are trying to tag on this old council tax arrears on to my present address but they have not been upfront about it. When I spoke to this man he said the arrears were for my present address and asked me if I wanted to speak to someone else to sort it out , I asked who and he said a debt collector, I said no thank you. I dont think they can tag on this old bill from a previous address to my present council tax bill.
Do you think I am right and how should I deal with it
I would appreciate your advice.
babisoloved
I received a council tax bill from the Borough council in April of this this year telling me I could pay by installments It had my present address on it and due to Goverment changes i assumed that i had to pay and I could pay in installments. I dont get my NHS pension until the 7th of the month as soon as I got my money i paid £21 for first installment. I had been on full council tax benefit before and paid nothing due to my low income. Then i get a first reminder of unpaid council tax. I thought it must be a computer error. This reminder bill is for my present address and it was still April and i had paid first payment for April.
Then I get a call from the Borough council today telling me that according to their records I am in arrears for my present address and the money i had paid went towards this dept. I moved to my present address 6 years ago and remembered that I owed them approx £300 from previous address and tried to pay a little towards paying it off but could not keep up the payments.
I think they are trying to tag on this old council tax arrears on to my present address but they have not been upfront about it. When I spoke to this man he said the arrears were for my present address and asked me if I wanted to speak to someone else to sort it out , I asked who and he said a debt collector, I said no thank you. I dont think they can tag on this old bill from a previous address to my present council tax bill.
Do you think I am right and how should I deal with it
I would appreciate your advice.
babisoloved
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