Can't pay Sheffield council tax by direct debit!!

[Guest]

I paid my rent for years manually over the phone every week until I set up a direct debit. The downside was I no longer had the free Christmas week.

[E240]

I can see this next post coming up....

 

SCC set my DD up eighteen times and have emptied my bank account....

 

SCC set my DD up eighteen times and have emptied my bank account....

 

not...

[lingarth]

Have you tried setting up a standing order instead, much simpler and you just redo it each year for the 10months needed

[willman]

And any judge in the land would throw the case out if you have proof a payment plan was agreed to and you were sticking to it.

 

But on a computerised system they aren't sticking to the plan. Anything except the agreed amount is classed as a default, it wouldn't be to a human but it is to a machine.

[Bob Arctor]

But on a computerised system they aren't sticking to the plan. Anything except the agreed amount is classed as a default, it wouldn't be to a human but it is to a machine.

 

That's why it happens. I wouldn't have thought it would be that hard to programme the IT not to churn out a Summons for an overpayment. Maybe the software developer would charge them some ridiculous fee for changing it.

[EmmaJones76]

But on a computerised system they aren't sticking to the plan. Anything except the agreed amount is classed as a default, it wouldn't be to a human but it is to a machine.

 

I know that. Hence why if it got anywhere near a court, it would be chucked out.