High Cost/Bulk Council Tax Liability Orders Impossible to Defend?
Dear Billing Authority
Complaints to Magistrates for Council Tax (CT) Liability Orders.
Going as far back as is reasonable (eg 5 years), up to the most recent data available, Please could you provide me with a table of information under the following headings:-
1. Date Of hearing
2. Number of CT Accounts Listed on a Complaint
3. Total Court fee paid
4. length of hearing - defended/undefended
5. Number of CT accounts Liability Order made against
6. Total costs awarded to Billing authority
7. Actual cost of preparing for and attending the hearing.
8. Number of Accounts in name of a Limited Company?
Yours faithfully,
Lady Fleming
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Kind regards
Customer Services
Swindon Borough Council
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Swindon SN1 2JG
Phone: 01793 445500
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Dear Lady Fleming
Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your freedom of
information request relating to ‘Complaints to Magistrates for Council Tax
Liability Orders’.
We are still in the process of collating the requested information, but
will aim to provide this by 4pm on Wednesday 06^th March 2019.
Once again I would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely
Andrew Saunders
Revenues Manager
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Dear Lady Fleming
The answers to your questions are contained in the attached spreadsheet.
Also attached is a breakdown of the costs incurred around preparing the
summonses and attending the liability hearing. We don’t hold any records
of the length of each hearing and we do keep any records of the number of
limited companies listed on each application.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a review you should contact:
Customer Services
Civic Offices
Euclid Street
Swindon
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The complaints/review procedure involves a full review by the Information
Governance Manager.
If you are not content with the outcome of our conclusion, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner's Office for a decision before
contacting the Council. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless
you have exhausted the Council's own complaints procedure.
The Information Officer can be contacted at :
The Information Commissioner's Office,
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If you require any further information concerning this matter please
contact me quoting the reference number at the top of the letter.
Yours sincerely
Andrew Saunders
Revenues Manager
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