I have paid the £42.50 directly to Council Tax via the internet!

ok I will go ahead and pay the remaining amount thankyou for your assistance! who should I pay this too the Council Tax people directly or the bailiffs?

Update!! Hi all, Thankyou for all your advice and reassurance you have no idea how you guys have helped me emotionally (oh the stress!) So I paid the outstanding C.Tax owed via the Councils online service! I used a reference on a letter they had sent to me prior to the baliffs in regards to the correct exact amount owed only to the Council. I received a letter from Equita yesterday asking for the amount they stated on their very 1st letter minus the £200+ they had added on over the phone when I spoke to the Baliff himself! BUT they had including an additional £41.50 . ..then today I received another letter oddly dated a day before the letter I received yesterday stating in bold letters surrounded by a red box "NOTICE OF INTENT" Here's where it gets weird... they continue on to state in this letter "we note that there remains a balance on your account, and the file is at enforcement stage" they continue to add "we understand that having available income is difficult during these times and even more so as we approach the festive period" then they round up the letter with "failure to respond to this notice will result in your account being passed to our removal teams"...well I thought it already had been and why do they come across caring all of a sudden!? very confusing! or are they confused? or are they playing the fool to try and catch a fool? NB* I only paid what I actually owed the council and not the additional £41.50 Equita have appeared to have added to the amount! should I pay the additional £41.50 directly to Council? should I continue avoiding any communication with the Equiita? I have not spoken to Council yet as I wanted to see what happens and relay to you guys here 1st before my next move! What exactly is a notice of intent? any advice on what I should do next ladies and gents? Many thanks

I hope it gets sorted! I'm going to try paying online if that fails i'm going to pay at the bank using the giro slip letter thingy! *fingers crossed*

Thank you all I will let you know what happens!

Has anyone paid their council tax online at this stage?

Thank you for your responses! Yes it is a Council Tax Debt, my car is on finance, so I don't own it out right I pay a certain amount monthly! When I phoned the council they said they are no longer dealing with it, it has been passed to Equita and im to contact them!

Hi all, I hope someone can help me! I receieved letter saying baliffs (EQUITA) were coming then I called them which they automatically transferred the call to the baliff that was driving at the time so I gathered this would be the actual person that comes to my home! (I am a council tenant) He said that he hadn't received my files yet and im to call him back monday! but on monday he had come around while I was out and dropped a letter saying payment due in full in 24 hours when I called him I told him I could pay it in full on my pay day he said ok he'll come round and explain everything to me and that they had added on an additional £200+ I said ok when he came I wouldn't let him in, he wanted to take inventory of my things and for me to sign something to that affect! By saying ok when he said he was going to explain it to me... have I given them permission to come in? (they're like flipping vampires) I am able to borrow the money to pay but I also have found an older bank giro credit letter from the council tax relating to this money owed .. .I was thinking if I go to the bank if I should just pay the amount I owe for actual council tax that way and avoid the baliff costs? what do you guys think? would the reference billing number on the giro slip still be valid? has anyone done this before?? Am I naive and silly for thinking this would give me grounds to stop them? would they still be after my things? Any advice appreciated!