council tax, moved to new property

[jimspeed]

Ok so a "friend" has bought a house, an old cottage and bought outright no mortgage etc recently, moved in around June time.
now the previous owners were an old couple, they told him that they had already given the council his name for the council tax as they were moving out of the county.
move on 2 months and he gets a council tax demand, with his name on but wrongly addressed, lets say he lives at 1 dave green
the council tax demand is to 1 dave green cresent, which does exist on a new estate 500 yards away.
He rings the council dept on the letter, they say that the previous owner always paid it at cresent and that 1 dave green does not exist, despite the girl on the phone looking on google maps and agreeing that 2 dave green is next to no 1 and 3 !! and he has to call and register it as a new build (its 200 years old at least).
He tried to call and sort it with planning dept but couldn't get through.
Kinda forgot to chase it up until another letter arrived still wrongly addressed to dave green cresent, the postie I guess or the tenant at 1 dave green cresent has put it through the door..
Soo does he just ignore it as its obviously not his property
or spend hours on the phone sorting it.
He has also received a voting registration form from the council, which was correctly addressed but obviously to "the occupier" ..
how will this pan out as obviously he has not paid any council tax for the last 3 months but anyone chasing it will not have the correct address??
pay up and look big?
or maybe ring up in a while and register it as just moved in at correct address?.

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[Wonko The Sane]

got a copy of the deeds?

go in to council office with deeds and incorrect letter and suggest they correct their records so you can pay them the money you owe. If they don't then ask if they're refusing to accept payment for 'correct address' and demand supervisor.

consider writing to local MP
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[Ste]

Chase it up, don't "kinda forget" about it and do keep chasing it up until it's sorted.

Ignoring it and hoping it will go away will backfire on your friend when the council notice that nobody at 1 Dave Green has paid council tax since April.

[syl]

Don't waste time on the phone. Write to them. Will only take a few minutes.
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[Pete.]

I bet the residents at Dave Green Crescent are in for a shock when the council realise they've been collecting one tax for two properties.
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[dydey90]

Hang on, so council aren't aware property should be paying council tax.
The corresponding address does exist and is being paid.

Why not just leave it, keep quiet and hope the council don't work it out?
Worst of the worst, they have to backpay, so just put the money to one side and if the council never notice then happy days.
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[stinkwheel]

[ride_to_die]

Agree with Stinkwheel on this. Councils are usually shit hot at chasing people for unpaid council tax.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Added to the "I'll pay when you adjust your records" brinkmanship, I'd also aske the neighbours what their properties CT situation is as well.

[Ste]

[Ribenapigeon]

[ride_to_die]

It's probably different in Scotlandshire....Leicester city council are pretty quick at taking people to court over unpaid council tax. Surprised that sewage and water rates are part of council tax, is there not a Scottish Water or equivalent?
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[angryjonny]

A friend of mine played a similar game. Names have been changed to protect the innocent, but let's say his name was Rick Jagger. Someone at the council Freudian-changed his bill to Mick Jagger. He sent it back with a "not known at this address" for shits and giggles really. There was a bit of back and forth until they eventually got his name right, at which point he paid everything he owed because councils follow through on court and CCJ threats all the time.

Half a lifetime ago I was tried in my absence for non-payment simply because I had a habit of putting mail on a pile and not opening it. IIRC I simply had to pay the rest of the year up-front to make it all "go away" but yeah, councils are money-grabbing and humourless so get it cleared up eh.

[stinkwheel]

Aye.

I landed up with a CCJ because I had my CT on direct debit and so didn't bother my arse opening the letters.

Turns out that for some reason which has never been fully explained the fuckwits took the first three payments then stopped taking them and started issuing late payment demands.

First I knew about it was I had baliffs at the door. Fucked them off and opened all the envelopes I'd just been filing under "council tax", assuming they were payment receipts. They had started proceedings at the second missed payment (same envelopes).

I just paid it over the phone then told the baliff the debts been paid so GTFO when he turned up the next day.
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[jimspeed]

Hopefully this has been sorted now the council are sending an inspector out to actually check it exists. Apparently something to do with royal mail records.. Wonder if the person at 1 dave green cresent has ever paid their council tax lol.
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[Pete.]

[Hetzer]

Don't forget to provide your fee-structure to the council, outlining your hourly admin fee for dealing with their snafu.
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