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Originally Posted by Lilly
You don't appear to have any concept of direct debit. 
Yes, it is possible that mistakes could be made with direct debit but it is also possible that you could be mugged of your cash on your way to pay at the offices.....you can't keep looking for problems....do you want the mayor to come round to your house to personally collect the cash from you? 
I do feel sorry for the elderly as I did when post offices were recently closed, in a way it's a similar story and I do understand what you've said about people who can't get a current account....although if they can't get a current account they must be hard up so they probably don't pay their council tax anyway. |
I fully understand the concept of DD's. (possibly because I worked in accounts department for many years). But I also appreciate why many people choose not to pay bills by this method - not everyone is happy giving another company the right to deduct however much money that company wishes to from their bank account.
I am glad that you feel sorry for the elderly, but it is rather a sweeping statement that if you can't get a current account you must be hard up so probably don't pay council tax anyway. Many banks will only give new current accounts to people who have salary/pension credits of £1000 plus into the account every month. There are many people in this borough who have take home pay/pension of less than £1000 a month who are paying Council Tax.
Also there are lots of people who have wages etc paid into a savings account and would never want a current account.