What you need to do if you receive a reminder notice for Council Tax.
If you don’t pay your Council Tax on time we will send you a reminder notice. This will tell you to make a payment within seven days and make future payments on time.
If you pay the reminder notice and then miss a further instalment within the same financial year a second reminder will be issued.
You will only get a maximum of two reminder notices in a financial year before further recovery action is taken. The financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March of the next year.
If you do not bring your account up to date following a reminder or miss a payment for the third time in a financial year a final notice will be issued. When a final notice is issued you lose the right to instalments, and you must pay the whole year’s Council Tax.
If you have had a reminder letter from us because you have not paid your council tax bill, you can:
- pay the Council Tax you owe
- contact us to discuss managing your instalments
You can spread your payments over 12 months instead of the usual 10 to reduce the amount you are asked to pay on each bill.