Late payment of council tax by councillors
Dear Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please could you identify the councillors, if any, that were late paying council tax in 2019-20.
Please could you also list:
- who received reminder letters and who received a summons
- how much was owed in each case
- what happened after a summons? Did they pay or were liability orders issued
- Also, was anyone banned from voting on the budget because of late payment?
Yours faithfully,
james graham
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Dear Mr Graham,
Please find attached the response to your freedom of information request.
Kind Regards
Adam
Adam Parsey
Exchequer Client Manager (Revenues)
Oldham Council
Civic Centre
West Street
Oldham
OL1 1UG
E: [1][email address]
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Sent: 25 August 2020 11:14
To: Information Manager <[3][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Late payment of council tax by
councillors
Dear Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please could you identify the councillors, if any, that were late paying
council tax in 2019-20.
Please could you also list:
- who received reminder letters and who received a summons
- how much was owed in each case
- what happened after a summons? Did they pay or were liability orders
issued
- Also, was anyone banned from voting on the budget because of late
payment?
Yours faithfully,
james graham
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