Thanks terriersaregreat. Was it a CT debt? The thing is that we payed it, just have no way of proving it it seems. I don't want to have to pay it again, no matter how small the installments. Also, one of the guys is from the states. I could track him down and ask him to pay but I can tell you now what his answer will be!

I hope someone can help me with this, I received 4 council tax bills this week for an old address that I moved out of in 2006. For financial year 02/03, 03/04, 04/05 and 05/06 I apparently owe £4670! The bills say that they are already subject to recovery and should be paid as previously notified. Although the bill is in my name I shared the flat with 3 other people. I was sure that my flatmates and I kept up to date with the CT but when I phoned the council they only had a couple of payments on their system and suggested that we check our records. The guy who paid it through his account contacted his bank and they told him that they don't keep records that far back for data protection so we have no proof that it was paid and I have no records of the money I gave him. It seems like it would be our word against theirs. What I don't understand is that if we hadn't paid almost anything for 4 financial years, why the council didn't get heavy with us at the time. And I've been a resident in the same council since I moved out. Surely it wouldn't have been that hard to track me down. I've had a look on some of the forums and have read different things. Some say that after 6 years the debt is written off, some say it's after 12 years and some say CT is never written off. Needless to say I'm worried and confused, can anyone shed some light on my rights in this situation?