Council tax: Final Notice

Introduction

  1. Introduction
  2. Your account
  3. Disputes
  4. FAQs

Why has a Final Notice been sent?

You have been sent a Final Notice as your account has fallen behind three times during this financial year, and you will have been sent a Reminder Notice and a 2nd Reminder Notice.

Other reasons for receiving a Final Notice include:

  • Because you have not paid the correct amount of your instalment or made payment on the correct date as shown on your bill OR;
  • Because you have not kept up to date with your payments even after we sent you a reminder notice OR;
  • Because your payment had not yet reached your council tax account when the Final Notice was issued.

If you believe you should not have been sent a Final Notice let us know.

Payment options
You must pay the amount shown on the Final Notice within seven days of the date the Notice was issued (this appears at the top of the Notice) to avoid being sent a summons to court.

When a Final Notice is issued you lose the right to pay by instalments and you will have to pay the full balance by the date stated on the notice.

This is the final notice that you will receive before a summons is sent (with extra costs). Find out how to avoid this happening again.

This is the sequence of council tax collection correspondence which we send out:
1.    Council tax bill
2.    Reminder
3.    2nd Reminder
4.    Final Notice
5.    Summons