What happens if you don't pay your Council Tax

If Council Tax is unpaid, we are required to take steps to recover this and have outlined the process below.

Firstly, a reminder notice will be issued to you if your Council Tax payments are not paid in accordance with the latest bill issued to you. Only 2 reminder notices will be issued to you in any financial year - these are known as a first reminder and a second reminder.
If you do not bring your account up-to-date within 7 days following receipt of a reminder notice, you will receive a final notice. This means that you will lose the right to pay by instalments and will have to pay the full balance due on your account.
If you do not bring your account up-to-date within 14 days following receipt of a final notice, you will receive a summary warrant notice and a 10% statutory surcharge will be added to the outstanding balance on your account.
If the balance remains outstanding, the debt will be passed to a sheriff officer for collection.

We want to avoid this wherever possible, so please get in touch as soon as possible if you're struggling to pay your Council Tax.