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Not sure where to start? If you are behind with council tax, the council tax arrears guide explains what happens at each stage and what you can still do. If bailiffs have been in touch, start with bailiff advice. Or answer a few questions and an adviser will call you back.
Council tax
Bills, bands, discounts and what happens when you fall behind.
Bailiff advice
Your rights, their powers, the fees they can charge.
Debt solutions
Special payment arrangements, Breathing Space and the formal options.
Scotland
Summary warrants, sheriff officers and Scottish debt solutions.
About us
Who we are and how the service works.
Enforcement companies
What to do if one of these firms has contacted you about council tax.
- Andrew James Enforcement
- APD Services
- B&S Bailiff Services
- Bristow & Sutor
- Bryan Lecoche
- CDER Group
- Chandlers Enforcement
- Civil Enforcement Agents
- Confero Collection Services
- Constant & Co
- County Enforcement
- Court Enforcement Services
- Direct Collection Bailiffs (DCBL)
- Dukes Bailiffs
- Empira
- Equita
- Equivo
- Excel Civil Enforcement
- Grencar
- Hambury Tilmond
- High Court Enforcement Group
- High Court enforcement officers
- Jacobs Enforcement
- JTR Collections
- Just Collect
- London Warrant Enforcement
- Marston Holdings
- Newlyn
- Penham Excel
- Phoenix Commercial Collections
- Proserve Debt Recovery & Bailiff Services
- Reventus
- Ross & Roberts
- Rossendales
- Rundle & Co
- Sherforce
- Stanford & Green
- Swift Credit Services
- Task Enforcement
- Thoburns Enforcement Services
- Trace Enforcement Services
- Whipps Enforcement Agents
- Whyte & Co
- Wilson & Roe
Guides
Straight answers to common questions.
- Attachment of earnings for council tax: how much can they take, and can you stop it?
- A bailiff is at the door. What should I do?
- Bailiffs and vulnerable people
- Can bailiffs force entry?
- Can bailiffs refuse a payment plan?
- Can bailiffs take my car?
- Can bailiffs take things that are not mine?
- Can council tax debt be written off?
- Can you go to prison for not paying council tax?
- Council tax discounts for carers
- Is there a time limit on council tax debt?
- Council tax court summons: what happens and what to do
- Council tax and dementia: the severe mental impairment discount
- Council tax on a granny annexe
- Council tax when you move house
- Council Tax Reduction: who qualifies and how to apply
- Council tax refunds and overpayments
- Do pensioners pay council tax?
- Do students pay council tax?
- Does council tax debt affect your credit score?
- How many times can a bailiff visit?
- How to stop bailiffs for council tax
- What happens if bailiffs have nothing to take?
- Notice of enforcement: what the letter means and what to do
- Scott & Co sheriff officers: what to do if they have contacted you
- Council tax single person discount
- Stirling Park sheriff officers: what to do if they have contacted you
- Wage arrestment in Scotland
- Walker Love sheriff officers: what to do if they have contacted you
- What happens if you don't pay council tax?
- What is a bailiff? Enforcement agents explained
- What stops bailiffs? Debt Relief Orders, IVAs and Breathing Space
- What time can bailiffs come, and do they work weekends?
- Which months don't you pay council tax?
- When do bailiffs get involved, and do they need a court order?
- Why council tax arrears keep rising, and what it means if you are behind
Policies
Terms, privacy and our other policies.
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