I have a query as to whether a council tax summons and liability order can be placed on an account with the wrong values

I had an order issued for £142 when in fact the amount outstanding was only £62. As you will see below a payment was made in March 08 which my council has in fact allocated to the 08/09 account. When i wrote to the council asking for clarification of what i had paid i received this back see below. I admit i didn't respond to a couple of reminders they sent.

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Thank you for contacting my Recovery Section, regarding payment of your Council Tax account. The details of your accounts are as follows:-

2007/08 Account

Date Document issued Payment Balance

30/10/07 Revised Bill issued £385.00

16/11/07 £77.00 £308.00

17/12/07 £77.00 £231.00

11/1/08 Reminder £231.00

19/2/08 Final Notice £231.00

21/2/08 £81.00 £150.00

22/4/08 £8.00 £142.00

29/4/08 Summons (£30.00 costs) £172.00

20/5/08 £90.00 £82.00

20/05/08 £72.00 £10.00

21/05/08 Liability Order (£10.00 costs) £20.00

The Reminder was issued requesting payment of £77.00, to bring your instalments up to date. This Reminder stated that if payment was not made a Notice would be issued requesting payment in full for the balance of £231.00.

The Notice of Intended Legal Proceedings was issued, requesting payment in full for the balance of £231.00. This Notice advised that if payment was not made in full a Summons would be issued.

The Summons was issued requesting payment for the outstanding balance of £172.00. This balance included costs of £30.00, which were incurred upon issue of the Summons. A Liability Order was then obtained at Court, incurring a further £10.00 costs.

2008/09 Account

Date Document Payment Balance

5/3/08 Standard Bill £801.42

19/3/08 £80.00 £721.42

15/5/08 Reminder £721.42

The total outstanding balance of both your 2007/08 and 2008/09 accounts is now £741.42.

Any help is very much appreciated

Carl

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