Rossendales Visit Today For Council Tax Arrears

[The Prophecy]

Hi there its been a while since i had to post anything,last time i was having trouble with rossendales over councilt tax,which we succesfully got sent back to the council and was dealing with that way until our child tax credits changed and left us short,quite a lot short of money,therefore hasnt been paid for the last 3 months,which in turn the council have got funny and returned it back to a bailiff company.

 

When jacobs called this week i tried to make a reasonable offer of £50 a month which in turn he has turned round and said there is no way they will accept that as they have only 4 months to collect the debt which is £790.So in turn i have told him i will go down the same route as i did before and tell them i am classed as a vunerable person and try and get it returned back to the council.Can i try and do this again as i done it this way before with rossendales,or is there any reason or rule that stops me from going down this route again.

 

Would be happy for some thoughts on this from the people in the know on here,heres hoping somebody can advise thank you.

 

Here is the link to my previous post if people need to read more before commenting on this http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?285772-Rossendales-Visit-Today-For-Council-Tax-Arrears&p=3275504#post3275504

[padja]

to be fair to the council, they took it back and again you failed to keep repayments up to date, did you speak to the council before stopping payment? You can try to get it back to council other than that if you can afford £50 a month I would just pay council using online system. and start straight away.That way the council will see payments going into account and may be more willing to take it back. If they do this time if for any reason you cant pay you MUST inform council they are more flexible if you are honest with them

[The Prophecy]

What happened was the dwp dropped our child tax credits by £170 a month,we where paying the council £150 a month,i did inform them of what had happened and there reply was well if it is not kept to the agreement then they will cancel the agreement and go back through a bailiff company to reclaim the rest,to be honest they didnt want to know it was basically tuff luck.We where already struggling on what we was paying as things where,without having a loss of income,i can appreciate what your saying,but all this again is not helping my health condition at all,i am already struggling with my Ankylosing Spondylitis,but i am also having trouble with high blood pressure and this is not helping.

[padja]

ahhh right did you pay them anything? The reason why from my experience is they say unless you pay it will go back to bailiffs but if you are paying something they tend to ignore (for want of a better word) the threat. I would ask the council to take it back perhaps say the agreement and amount you did was in hindsight unrealistic but you panicked and thought you would be sent to prison if it wasn't paid quickly etc, I would also suggest that you contact local councillor explain what happened and how council were not very sympathetic to your plight. Good luck