Rossendales - council tax

[oh.for.a.lottery.win]

We are behind with our council tax amongst numerous other things (lack of work) and are being assisted by a debt advisor at CAB in the meantime the council tax bill was passed to Rossendales who promptly left a bailiffs note in my letterbox when I was out. I assumed this was a court bailiff although I'm now not sure and contacted the deliverer, he arranged to visit me, listed items and I paid him a percentage of the council tax plus his fees (£120), I then filled in the form and budget sheet offering to pay £120 a month (the c.tax was £740), I have now (2 wks later) received two letters, one rejecting the offer and threatening to send a van for collection and the other, that £34 per week will be added to the bill which I can ill afford.

What can I do?

Edited March 19, 2009 by oh.for.a.lottery.win
Hadn't finished typing.

[dx100uk]

ops try again

 

you hit the submit box too early!!

 

dx

[chris600uk]

. I assumed this was a court bailiff although I'm now not sure and contacted the deliverer, he arranged to visit me, listed items and I paid him a percentage of the council tax plus his fees (£120), I then filled in the form and budget sheet offering to pay £120 a month (the c.tax was £740), I have now (2 wks later) received two letters, one rejecting the offer and threatening to send a van for collection and the other, that £34 per week will be added to the bill which I can ill afford.

What can I do?

 

Have you got a copy of the items listed?

[oh.for.a.lottery.win]

There wasn't a list left for me.

[chris600uk]

Write to them and ask for a copy of it

[tonycee]

Invalid levy and trying to obtain money by deception.

 

Form 4 complaint ?

[oh.for.a.lottery.win]

I'll write to them but where do I stand now I've let "him" in and signed?

Edited March 19, 2009 by oh.for.a.lottery.win
whoops - mis-spelt

[oh.for.a.lottery.win]

I've kept other debt collectors at bay with letter templates from this site (telephone harassment & doorstep collectors) although one of them is persevering - Mercers who have attempted to disguise themselves by using a couple of other names, though I'm thinking of taking a leaf out of someone else's book and doing a very un-ladylike thing and answering the phone with "f**k o*f" because quite frankly after three months of phone calls I've had enough of these jokers, anyway, point is I'm not sure if this bailiff from Rossendales is actually a court bailiff, I may have been suckered in by the name "bailiff" but "£34 due every 7 days, as per our client guidelines" does concern me, I don't have a magic wand, if I did I'd incinerate all debt collectors!

I can include a copy of the letters if that is of use.

Edited March 19, 2009 by oh.for.a.lottery.win
sorry, frothing at the bit - mis-spelt again

[oh.for.a.lottery.win]

Just read another thread about how much a bailiff can charge, this one has added on £136.50!

[chris600uk]

Well it's a funny thing..

 

If a bailiff wants to rely upon a wpa to recover goods, or regain entry by force, the wpa needs to have been signed by the debtor, now it's possible that a bailiff could write on it "refused to sign", but that would be a bit thin, especially if he has no other proof of peaceful entry.

 

But, if there is a wpa in existence, then you would have had a copy.

 

Since you haven't, it suggests that the bailiff has no evidence of entry.

 

If he has made a list, then theoretically he has seized, but unless he's generated paperwork for that seizure, he could just have easily peeked through the window.

 

Do you see where I'm going with this?

[oh.for.a.lottery.win]

The trouble is, I signed his paperwork, that in itself shows he has visited me.

I'm writing to them today requesting a list, what then happens to the £34 additional costs which are set to be added weekly by them, are they allowed to do that?

[chris600uk]

The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006

see schedule 5, the calculation is there,

 

It doesn't sound right though.

[oh.for.a.lottery.win]

I wonder if it would be worth my while attempting to have this debt passed back to the council and asking them to deduct money from earnings, if so what happens with Rossendales?