My Council Tax debt was passed to Swift (Merthyr Tydfil) for collection mid April 2013. I contacted the Council and advised them I could pay the whole outstanding amount on or around 5th May 2013. They advised I had to deal direct with Swift. Received a letter from Swift, giving me 7 days in which to pay, prior to bailiff attending. I rang Swift who said they could only hold the account for 7 days after which time I would have to contact the bailiff and additional charges would apply. I was still unable to pay for another 12 days. A bailiff attended around 1st May. As far as I am aware, no one knocked as I was in all day, but they left a letter which incurred £22 bailiff charges. On 3rd May I paid the whole Council Tax bill direct to the Council via their website (not the £22 bailiff costs) online. About 10 days later I received a nice letter from Swift thanking me for my recent payment (even though I payed it directly to the Council), but that there was still £22 outstanding on my account with Swift. Rightly or wrongly, I ignored it as I recall reading somewhere that bailiff costs cannot be enforced through the original distress warrant as the warrant only covers the council tax debt and court costs. I assumed that would be the end of the matter. A Bailiff attended on 1st June to collect the £22. He stated he had come to collect the £22 owed in bailiff fees. I advised him the Council Tax debt had been paid and that the warrant did not cover bailiff fees. To which he replied, "We have contacted the Council and they have advised us to contact you directly for our fees" He replied "If you don't pay now, I will leave another letter, with charges of £16.50 and return to remove goods to cover the debt" I said " I didn't think the warrant allowed you to do that" He said "I'm not going to argue with you, we can remove goods to collect the outstanding fees" I closed the door. Can someone point me in the right direction as to where I stand please.