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Bailiff company won't accept my offer to pay

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    Myself and my partner owe £690 in council tax arrears, the bailiff had set our monthly payments at £150 per month our situation has changed and only my husband is working as i am pregnant. We can't afford to pay £150 a month and when i rang the company to ask if we could lower our payment to £70 a month they refused to lower it and said if we don't pay then a bailiff will be sent to our house. I've never let a bailiff into my property and have never signed anything. I don't know what to do now as we can't afford to pay £150 a month, the guy I spoke to was incredibly rude to me and said if we don't pay we'll be sent to prison and then he hung up on me. Can anyone please advise what we should do now.

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    Re: Bailiff company won't accept my offer to pay

    Originally posted by LozC View Post
    I've never let a bailiff into my property and have never signed anything.
    Excellent, then there is nothing the bailiff can do.

    Originally posted by LozC View Post
    I don't know what to do now as we can't afford to pay £150 a month, the guy I spoke to was incredibly rude to me and said if we don't pay we'll be sent to prison and then he hung up on me. Can anyone please advise what we should do now.
    This is just plain wrong. You cannot be sent to prison for not being able to afford to pay your council tax, you can only be sent to prison for refusing to pay your council tax. For a bailiff to threaten a debtor with this course of action is not only an outright lie, it is unlawful and you should report this immediately, in the form of a complaint, to your local council

    How much of what you owe is due to the fees added by the bailiff? If you do not know, have a read here Bailiff Guide - Legal Beagles and send the bailiff a Subject Access Request letter.

    If I were you, I'd simply pay the council what I owe and never converse with the bailiff again.

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      Re: Bailiff company won't accept my offer to pay

      Are you vulnerable person ? ill or exepecting or on jsa etc ? If so you need to contact the council who will take the bailiffs off your back.
      If you have any sort of problems with bailiffs. I can help you as i am a self proclaimed specialist at dealing with them. I am hopefully going to start a degree (law) from october. If you think my posts are helpful or are guiding you in the right direction do show your appreciation by giving me a green blob.

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