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Every year, thousands of people have difficulty with their council tax. In 2021/22, council tax debt was almost £116m; in 2018/19 it was £71m.
Yet, the reality is many people on low or modest household incomes have to pay council tax and struggle to do so, especially with the huge increases in the cost of A new Bankruptcy and Diligence Bill going through the Scottish Parliament clearly provides an obvious route to make some practical changes that could help people in the cost of living crisis.
In the 240,000 cases where bank and earnings arrestments are pursued against people annually, councils have to serve a “charge for payment” before they can instruct an arrestment. At the moment that has to be undertaken by sheriff officers who will add on a fee of £86.
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