Bailiffs demanding fees after debt is paid

[sanj]

Re: Bailiffs demanding fees after debt is paid

******** they can not clamp your car for council tax **************

[michael the mouse]

Re: Bailiffs demanding fees after debt is paid

I don't have the letter to hand for reference (I'm at work currently) but I will take another look tonight and update this page. In the meantime I am about to send a letter to Rundles saying that the council have confirmed that the account was paid and that as such I consider the matter closed. As I recall they confirmed that the Council Tax account was cleared in full but the bailiffs would still chase me for their fees. This was over a month ago.
I read elsewhere that a bailiff cannot seize goods to pay for their own fees, if that is the case then am I under any obligation to pay them?
I have had one visit in my absence, they hand-delivered a letter to say they'd been, and immediately after that I contact the council and paid them off. I did not hear from Rundles again until now.

[ploddertom]

Re: Bailiffs demanding fees after debt is paid

With Council Tax the Bailiff Fees are paid first with any balance being paid over to the Council. As an example you owe £500 in Council Tax, the Bailiff has visited and you then pay the Council £500, the Council pay the Bailiff his fee of £24-50 for his 1st Visit so you actually only paid £475-50 to the Council, the Bailiff re-attends again and you pay the £24-50 but unfortunately he has charged for a 2nd Visit of £18-00.

What you need to do is ask the Council if your Liability Order is now discharged in full. Do they pay the Bailiff out of what you have paid & if so how much and what for. With the Bailiff you need to ask for a breakdown of their fees, taking the visit fees into consideration this still leaves £76 unexplained, have they left a Notice of Seizure for anything.