Unpaid Council Tax Bills!

[piggynose]

Just been issued with a bailiff bill of £752!! After a lot chasing around, it appears to be unpaid council tax, 6 months prior to Feb 2021. A Tennant was living there at the time, and since then has moved on! I don't suppose I have no choice but to pay it? Btw my property was managed by a prop management Co.

Surely they are liable? 

[chelle7272]

Do you have any evidence of the property being rented out at the time thatyou can show the council?

[chelle7272]

https://www.totallandlordinsurance.co.uk/knowledge-centre/council-tax-responsibilities-as-a-landlord

[barry1010]

Was the property management company collecting the council tax as well as the rent?  I think that is the only scenario where they would be liable.  They wouldn't know the council tax wasn't being paid otherwise.

Send the ex-tenants' details to the council. You shouldn't have to pay

[Peter Pedant]

you are not responsibl  for paying councl  tax as alandlord unless it is empty ( or you have agreed otherwise)

but  ... it  strikes me that you are  gonna have evidential problems with proving it was occupied. First stop the management company...

[ToraToraTora]

You don't just get a bailiff bill there must have been dozens of letters/bills/demands/court appearance letter etc. Have you not had those?

[Peter Pedant]

no  TTT I think they were sent 'elsewhere' - the new tenants arent obliged to  send on documents

so there may be a long paper trail the OP cant access.... hence evidential burden/ difficulties

the  OP is not liable in law, but that is the least of it

[Peter Pedant]

two theads on this

we all think there is  something fishy going on - refer back to the council