Haven't been on here in some time, so I hope I'm posting this in the right place!
Background
I left the UK for the US in October 1999, at which time I had several hundred pounds in Council Tax owing.
Only thing that's been heard since was in 2004 when a DCA (I think it was BCW) wrote to me at my Daughter's address
- I have an uncommon surname and I think they were chancing their arm.
She wrote back to the effect that she had opened the letter in error,
I wasn't resident there and never had been,
and that she believed I had left the country several years previously.
Fast forward to now:
my wife is in poor health, and if she eventually passes, I'd consider coming home.
I have a vague recollection that the usual "time limit" doesn't apply and Council Tax debt can be pursued for up to 20 years.
Am I correct in this, and if so, when does the "clock" start?