Paying your bill

When to pay

Business Rates is due on April 1^st each year.

The amount you have to pay is divided up over a maximum of 10 monthly instalments (where the bill is issued before April 30^th, bills issued after May 1^st will receive a reduced number of instalments). 

Business Rates instalments are due on the first of each month and will be shown on your Business Rate bill, if we have not received your payment the Council may take recovery action against you (See What Happens if I Don’t Pay). 

Methods of Payment

We offer a range of ways for you to make payment these are: (for further information on any of our payment methods click on the links below)

Direct Debit
Online Payment
Credit or Debit Card
Cheque 
Cash
Postal Order
Post Office 

What to do if you have trouble paying

If you are having difficulty in paying your Business Rates please contact us immediately on 01473 825798.

We cannot guarantee that we will be able to help in every case but we will do our utmost to assist you if we can.

There are also a number of independent companies (PDF, 7kb) you can advise you if you are having money troubles.