Council tax review!! owing 2004/2005---2005/2006

[sully123]

Morning all, I had a letter saying they had reviewed my council tax, and found that I owed money as regards overpayment in 204/2005 and 2005/2006......totalling £181 and some pence

 

I called to resolve it, they wanted to much, so I paid the odd 31 over the period of a 7 weeks, then get letter been summoned to court, I email ceo, and explain that i tried to resolve with the contact centre, gave name and time, He had it withdrawn..

 

Said they would send out Income and Expenditure form, still not received, anyway, i get the summons again!!

 

Had a call from them yesterday, to try and get things in place with the other issues I had with them, I did mention, why was this not found out before?

 

Also I asked "Is It statue barred" as it's clearly over 6 years old, and there was no liability order or arrangement in place...

 

Admittedly i have paid 31...but that was taken off the debt for 2004/2005.....

 

So can I argue the point of it been statue barred?

 

 

Further more, can Council Tax Debt be included in Bankruptcy?

[ploddertom]

If a Liability Order is obtained within 6 years of the amount being due then it is never Statute Barred. If for some reason it has gone over the 6 years then although not Statute Barred as such it should not be chased.

[sully123]

Thank you for that!

 

No Liability order on the 2 early debts......

 

I do have them on others, which are been addressed

 

Can they be included in Bankruptcy?

[ss002d6252]

No Liability order on the 2 early debts......

 

The 6 years runs from when the amount was billed which is not always the same as the time period the original charge was for if the bill was generated at a later date.