ME and My 2 CTAX LO's - now Bailiffs..

[impecunious]

With all debts that are pre 6th April (when the new fee scale was introduced) it is important to get full details of all previous fees charged to ascertain what fee (if any) can now be charged.

 

 

 

The only previous fee was the cost of the Liability Order ... But I will certainly email the Council to make sure.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

Imp

[ploddertom]

Is the letter you have had from Equita titled Notice of Enforcement? If so:

What date was it written

How was it delivered - do you still have the envelope

What date did you receive it

What date does it say you have to contact them by

 

Equita have form for not complying with the timescales laid down & if the Notice is defective they cannot charge the Compliance Fee.

[impecunious]

After staying up into the very early hours, I found Equita's original letter (still unopened) under a deluge of sympathy cards, dated 24th April 2014 --- advising that a payment arrangement had to be agreed by 2nd May 2014 at 17.30 pm or else ... their usual "if you don't pay" threats etc and possible additional fees and expenses of enforcement. (My mother had been seriously ill at the time and subsequently died of sepsis at the beginning of July, so I wasn't really in a very good place at the time.)

 

 

I received their second letter just before Xmas .. advising that I had failed to "enter into a short-term payment plan to assist [you] during the festive period". I have been advised that one of their enforcement agents will be paying me a visit or may already have done so. How lovely! I'm always looking happy to get my best china out but my mother always told me never to talk to strangers, so he'll have to stay very firmly outside.

 

 

It's now been ten months since Equita first contacted me. They're obviously either very busy or they can't really bothered to pay me a visit.

 

 

My contact at my former council, who have instructed Equita, isn't available until the 28th January 2014. However, I have e-mailed him and advised him that I will continue paying my token £1.00 pcm by standing order until the debt is cleared or until my new business allows me to draw a wage, and have suggested that he call off the dogs.

 

 

If there's anything else I can do, please let me know.

 

 

Impecunious!

 

 

PS Thank you Admin for finding this this old thread and adding my new posts .... I thought it had been deleted this morning

[impecunious]

Delighted to advise that the council in question has now effectively "written off" all outstanding CT liability on this old account by awarding a discretionary payment award in the sum of c. £600.00. It's taken over six years but just shows that persistence, persuasion and patience sometimes pays off.

 

 

Still "impecunious" but satisfied with the result.

 

 

 

 

Impecunious!

[caro]

Well done for persevering. That's great.

[impecunious]

Thanks Caro ... Yes, an absolutely great but very unexpected result. For once, common sense seems to have prevailed.

 

 

Impecunious ....