2019-20 rates notices
Published on 27 August 2019
Gannawarra Shire Council ratepayers will begin to receive their rates notices for 2019/20 in the mail this week.
Council is distributing rates notices to ratepayers for the 2019/20 financial year, which includes a brochure outlining how rates are calculated and a message about how your rates contribute to the Council budget.
“Rates payments enable Council to deliver its budget, which maintains current services, look after Council assets and deliver projects that will benefit both residents and visitors to the area,” Mayor Lorraine Learmonth said
Ratepayers can pay their rates in full or by instalments using a number of payment options:
- Online via BPay, BPay View or Post billpay;
- Telephone and internet banking;
- In store at any Australia Post branch;
- By mail; and
- Visiting Council’s Customer Service Centres at Cohuna and Kerang.
“Details regarding how to use either of these methods are listed on your rates notice,” Mayor Learmonth said.
“Ratepayers may choose to pay their rates in full, with payment due by 17 February 2020.
“The most popular option is by instalments, with the first instalment payment due by 30 September 2019.”
To help create a more sustainable future, ratepayers will also be given the option to receive future rates notices by email from August 2020.
“Providing ratepayers with a paperless option is not only beneficial to the environment, it will also reduce costs associated with printing and distributing notices,” Mayor Learmonth said.
Ratepayers who are experiencing financial hardship are encouraged to contact Council early to request a payment plan.