1.   Charged bills are sent to the reception office for entry in the tabular ledger.

2.   The bills are sent out on different dates to spread the workload on council staff.

3.   The providers of those services would stay in private business but would no longer send bills to myriad insurers and government agencies.

4.   They just send the bill and the army pays.

5.   The bill was sent to the wrong person because of a computer error.

6.   The bill will be sent to you later under separate cover.

7.   Only the buggers that send the bills out.

8.   Local councils will then have to collate the information and send out bills with details of the valuations put on houses.

9.   The bill is then sent to the buyer.