Finance and Asset Management Service

COUNCIL TAX - FALLING BEHIND WITH PAYMENTS

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If you fall behind with your Council Tax payments, we will send you a Reminder Notice that will give you 7 days to bring your payments up-to-date. If you do not do this, you willlose the right to continue paying by instalments and the full amount outstanding for the remainder of the year will become payable. We will not issue any more Reminders - we will make application to the Sheriff for a Summary Warrant and this will add a Statutory Penalty of 10% to your bill. If your arrears remain unpaid, we may pass the debt to our Sheriff Officer for collection and the Summary Warrant empowers them to arrest your wages or bank account. In addition, the Sheriff can grant special permission to empower Sheriff Officers to seize your household contents. Similar arrangements apply to Non-Domestic Rates.

It is therefore vitally important that you keep your payments up-to-date and that you do not ignore any letters we send you about your Council Tax or Non-Domestic Rates. However, if you do fall behind, our Arrears Recovery Team can help. If you contact them at any point in the recovery process, they will discuss a repayment arrangement to suit your circumstances and can make arrangements to ensure that you receive your full benefit entitlement.

Alternatively, you can contact the Council's Money Advice Section.

Please do not ignore Arrears Notices - contact our staff for advice and assistance, they are there to help.