Hi

I have been sent a summons for not paying my council tax for 3 months. 4 months ago I moved in, started the new bill process(most bills renew in the same month of each year) and contacted my local council to sort out my new bill and close my old(different councils). In the end I EFT'd the council my monthly tax(for 1st month) and for whatever reason thought this was sorted via a debit order for the months to come(as everything else was).(yes this is my mistake and considering I managed to get it right for the other 5 or so bills, it is a clear mistake)

I have now received a summons stating that I was sent a reminder(I did not get this, key point) and I owe the full amount plus penalty fees.(all 12 months tax) + court fees

I have phoned the council which has informed me to email them. I explained my situation basically saying for whatever reasons I have not received a reminder and if I did I would of certainly dealt with this appropriately. I got a robot(non emphatic human) response your installments were clearly stated please pay the full amount or progress to court on so and so date. I responded by saying basically thanks for ignoring my page email as to why I am in this situation and would like council to reconsider this situation, this lead to the response stating I can do this in installments(basically just break the lump sum up + penalties)

So I am at the point where I probably just need to pay the lump sum 12months plus court fees. Is there any other road I can take in sorting this out and getting a fucking human reponse to my situation, instead of being treated as a criminal trying to evade tax(3 MONTHS TAX MISSED OH WOW, CALL THE SCOTLAND YARD)

plz be reasonable
user
missed tax payment 3 months
assistant
Hi

I have been sent a summons for not paying my council tax for 3 months. 4 months ago I moved in, started the new bill process(most bills renew in the same month of each year) and contacted my local council to sort out my new bill and close my old(different councils). In the end I EFT'd the council my monthly tax(for 1st month) and for whatever reason thought this was sorted via a debit order for the months to come(as everything else was).(yes this is my mistake and considering I managed to get it right for the other 5 or so bills, it is a clear mistake)

I have now received a summons stating that I was sent a reminder(I did not get this, key point) and I owe the full amount plus penalty fees.(all 12 months tax) + court fees

I have phoned the council which has informed me to email them. I explained my situation basically saying for whatever reasons I have not received a reminder and if I did I would of certainly dealt with this appropriately. I got a robot(non emphatic human) response your installments were clearly stated please pay the full amount or progress to court on so and so date. I responded by saying basically thanks for ignoring my page email as to why I am in this situation and would like council to reconsider this situation, this lead to the response stating I can do this in installments(basically just break the lump sum up + penalties)

So I am at the point where I probably just need to pay the lump sum 12months plus court fees. Is there any other road I can take in sorting this out and getting a fucking human reponse to my situation, instead of being treated as a criminal trying to evade tax(3 MONTHS TAX MISSED OH WOW, CALL THE SCOTLAND YARD)

plz be reasonable
user
missing 3 months of council
assistant