the council has made a bankruptsy order against me

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mraw

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Post by mraw » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:36 am
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the council has made a bankruptsy order against me . The debt they got the order with was this years council tax (from 01.04.2007 to 31.03.2008) are they allowed to do this ?
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Post by MelanieGiles » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:48 am
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Hi mraw and welcome to the forum

Yes the Council are able to make you bankrupt as technically your Council Tax is due in full on 1 April of every year. Did you also have arrears from other years?
Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner
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Post by ianmillington » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:21 pm
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Councils tend to target this course of action against homeowners - they tend to leave people they know who are tenants alone.

Are you a homeowner?
If so, is there equity in your propoerty and if so how much?
Do you have other debts?

If you do own your own home, given the destructive nature of bankruptcy it might be worth looking into the alternatives.

Ian
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Insolvency Director
PDHL Ltd (formerly Personal Debt Helpline Ltd)
www.pdhl.co.uk
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Post by marsha1 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:06 pm
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I would be interested to know how much your arrears are for, any previous years debts, any previous attachment of earnings?
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