How to pay Council Tax

If Council Tax is not paid, we are required to take steps to recover this.

1. Firstly, a reminder notice will be issued to you if your Council Tax payments are not paid in accordance with the latest bill issued to you. Only 2 reminder notices will be issued to you in any financial year - these are known as a first reminder and a second reminder.
2. If you don't bring your account up-to-date within 7 days following receipt of a reminder notice, you will receive a final notice. This means that you will lose the right to pay by instalments and will have to pay the full balance due on your account.
3. If you don't bring your account up-to-date within 14 days following receipt of a final notice, you will receive a summary warrant notice and a 10% statutory surcharge will be added to the outstanding balance on your account.  
4. If the balance remains outstanding, the debt will be passed to a sheriff officer for collection.

We want to avoid this wherever possible and encourage anyone who is struggling to manage their payments to get in touch with the Council Tax team straight away.