I have yet to receive a bill for my current address though. How would this be treated in this case? Will they just take all the incorrectly billed amounts and bill them to my correct address and then demand immediate payment?

My land lady has now contacted the council informing them that the address I gave was the correct address and they need to amend their records. No doubt I will now receive a revised bill for the total amount outstanding for immediate payment. Because this will be the first bill I have received with the correct information on it can they rightly expect immediate payment?

Exactly. My address doesn't exist on the council database according to the council and yet I have a polling card with the correct address on it!! The bill I had delivered by my neighbour had my name on it but clearly the wrong address. In my meeting with the council they admitted fault and said a building control person would come round. Which they didn't. Is there any precedent set in law whereby they cannot charge back taxes on a property which didn't exist in their system? If they send me a bill with my name and correct address on it I will pay. Surely I am not liable to pay a bill for a property in which I do not live.

Please help! I moved into a flat with my then student girlfriend in Aug '07. We went into the council office to register for council tax and claim student exemption. We did not receive a bill for three months, after which a neighbour brought over a reminder letter from the council with our names on it. The address on the letter was not the address on our tennancy agreement, council polling card or any utility bills. It was for the address next door. I rang the council to inform them of the error and to notify them of our correct address. They said the address did not exist on their system and that we had to pay the original bill. We subsequently had a Bailiff visit with a copy of the original bill. He was very rude until I pointed to my front door showing him I lived at a different address to the one on the bill. I arranged to go in for a meeting with the council and brought all relevant paperwork along. They were adamant my address did not exist so I showed them the tennancy agreement, the polling card with the correct address, all my utility bills with the correct address and also a Post Office web search on my postcode showing that my flat did in fact exist. It seems only the council doesn't recognise the address despite their polling card people getting it right. The outcome of the meeting was me with a signed council letter saying they were removing any court/ Bailiff associated costs and would look into the case and send a building enforcement officer round to look at the property. One never showed up. My girlfriend has now left university and called the council to inform them of her change of circumstances. The council informed her that they still do not recognise our address, that the original bill is with a collection agency and that they would need to contact our landlady for any changes to the address. I'm frankly dazzled by the incompetance of the council. Can they rightly charge me for tax on a property they have said does not exist? If they contact my land lady and she agrees to have the address changed, am I still liable for the council tax arrears? I have made every possible effort to pay this but to this day have not received a bill with my name on it at my correct address. Sorry for the essay, any advice would be appreciated.

Please help! I moved into a flat with my then student girlfriend in Aug '07. We went into the council office to register for council tax and claim student exemption. We did not receive a bill for three months, after which a neighbour brought over a reminder letter from the council with our names on it. The address on the letter was not the address on our tennancy agreement, council polling card or any utility bills. It was for the address next door. I rang the council to inform them of the error and to notify them of our correct address. They said the address did not exist on their system and that we had to pay the original bill. We subsequently had a Bailiff visit with a copy of the original bill. He was very rude until I pointed to my front door showing him I lived at a different address to the one on the bill. I arranged to go in for a meeting with the council and brought all relevant paperwork along. They were adamant my address did not exist so I showed them the tennancy agreement, the polling card with the correct address, all my utility bills with the correct address and also a Post Office web search on my postcode showing that my flat did in fact exist. It seems only the council doesn't recognise the address despite their polling card people getting it right. The outcome of the meeting was me with a signed council letter saying they were removing any court/ Bailiff associated costs and would look into the case and send a building enforcement officer round to look at the property. One never showed up. My girlfriend has now left university and called the council to inform them of her change of circumstances. The council informed her that they still do not recognise our address, that the original bill is with a collection agency and that they would need to contact our landlady for any changes to the address. I'm frankly dazzled by the incompetance of the council. Can they rightly charge me for tax on a property they have said does not exist? If they contact my land lady and she agrees to have the address changed, am I still liable for the council tax arrears? I have made every possible effort to pay this but to this day have not received a bill with my name on it at my correct address. Sorry for the essay, any advice would be appreciated.