Wonder if anyone could give me some advice? Our council stated that I owed council tax payment for this year - £245.00. When I emailed them all of the payment dates and amounts I had paid over - as I try and pay it off ASAP. Now they have sent me another letter stating the debt is off last year - and I need proof of payment. All of my bank statements are on line and I can only access from October 2011, the ones before that I have to request paper statements which my bank requires payment of £10.00 per statement - this would cost me approx £150 plus - could I ask the bank to send me confirmation of dates that this was paid or ask the council for reimburse me as it is for their benifit