My OH moved out last year as we split up, when I was 5 mths pregnant. Obviously when he moved out I informed the council and they gave me the single person's discount of 25%. However, in the autumn we managed to sort ourselves out and decided to give it another go for all our sakes.
I know this is going to sound lame but due to the lack of sleep, my baby being seriously ill in hospital at the same time for 5 weeks, PND and everything else going on with my OH moving back in I've completely forgotten to let the council know he's moved back in.
Its now 6 months later and he's been made redundant and we're in huge financial problems due to debt, worrying about keeping the roof over our heads and how we're going to live until he gets another job. We went to the CAB for advice on how to deal with the financial probs (which is another story entirely) but they advised him that when his job finishes at the end of March to sign on for JSA but also to apply for council tax benefit.
I'm too scared to tell him I forgot to sort out about the council tax but don't know what to do about it. I'm scared if I now come clean to the council they won't believe me and will hit us with a huge fine, which we won't be able to pay because he's lost his job and we don't have any money.
It honestly has just been a case of too much on my mind over the last 6 mths - I've never been that sort of person, and definitely wouldn't normally want to run the risk of getting a huge fine/into trouble, as I know council tax is one of the essential bills.
Can anyone give me any advice as to what to do?