hi i have 4 unpaid council tax bills from when times were hard

i am now in a position to pay all off but wigan council say they wont accept payment i have to deal with rundles

can they refuse my payments and make me deal with bailiffs as they have added around £1000 in charges

even though they have only ever posted 1 letter and never even knocked on the door

he crept up and posted letter

thanks in advance

Dave and Mandy

Where about in East Riding are you?

Lodge a formal complaint about the council to whoever your local MP is?

it's Wigan council but I live in Derbyshire now

My bad, just googled Rundles and it flagged up East Riding of Yorkshire council...

http://www.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Contact-us/Complaints.aspx

I don't understand why they won't take payment?

do these relate to your previous posts frpm 2011/12

I think you need too....

Here is something to be getting on with.

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First of all establish from the Council how much was owing etc

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You need to speak to someone at the Council and ask the following questions:

1 - how many Liability Orders they have against you

2 - the dates they were obtained

3 - the addresses they were for

4 - the period of time each covers

5 - how much each one was for

6 - how much is still outstanding

7 - the dates they were passed on for enforcement

8 - the dates & amounts of any payments

...........................

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Next you need to send off for a breakdown of the charges the Bailiff applied.

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Here's an example,

use and ADAPT at will and best sent initially by email backed up by a copy in the post.

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"From:

My Name

My Address

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To:

Acme Bailiff Co

Bailiff House

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Ref: Account No: 123456

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Dear Sir

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With reference to the above account, Can you please provide me with a breakdown of the charges.

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This includes:

a - the time & date of any Bailiff action that incurred a Fee.

b - the reason for the fee.

c - the name(s) of the Bailiff(s) that attended on each occasion a Fee was charged.

d - the name(s) of the Court(s) the Bailiff(s) was/were Certificated at.

e - the date of the Certification.

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This is NOT a Subject Access Request

uest under the Data Protection Act S7 1998

so does not incur a fee of £10. You are obliged to provide this information.

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I require this information within 14 days.

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Yours faithfully

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Ripped off customer"

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these do relate to previous posts

yes i did pay via website for a while

but they passed on to previous bailiffs and didn't take any off my bills

i am in a position to pay off in one go now

council saying i have to pay it to rundles who i know will take their cut and i will still be left with outstanding money

i owe the council and back to where i started again

surely i can pay the council

why cant they take the orders back and let me clear my debt

as if they keep sending bailiffs they wont get anything

the car i use etc is all in another persons name

they wont be let into or get into my house

im wise to them now

See #6