HOW DO I PAY MY RATES AND WATER CHARGES? Payment in Full One off Payment - If you are making a single payment for full year’s rates and charges, your payment is due on 31 August. Payment by Quarterly Installments - The due dates and the amounts payable for each installment are shown on your Rates and Charges Notice. You will be sent an installment notice for the second, third and fourth installment one month before payment is due. The due dates for rate installments are always 31 August, 30 November, 28 February and 31 May each year. What happens if my payments are late? I’m having difficulty making my payment! What are my Options for Payment of Rates and Charges? Gulargambone – Rural Transaction Centre - Council Rates and Water accounts can be paid at the Gulargambone Rural Transaction Centre, Cnr Bourbah and Munnell Street Gulargambone. BPAY Councils BPAY Biller Code is 76521 Pay by Direct Deposit You can pay by mail Please mail your payments to:
If your quarterly payment is not paid in full by the due date, you may be charged interest on the amount overdue. The interest charge is simple interest calculated daily, at the rate of 10% per annum. Please ensure your payment reaches us by the due date shown on your notice. If you are paying by mail, you should make allowances for postage time.
Please contact us in person, or by telephoning Council’s Rates Section on (02) 68 271 900 in order to make special arrangements for repayments.
Coonamble - At Council’s Administration Building, 80 Castlereagh Street, Coonamble. Please bring your rates notice with you and you will be issued with a receipt. You can pay by cash, cheque or you may use the eftpos facilities available to pay by debit or credit card. Council’s Cashier is open from 9:30am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday.
BPAY allows you the opportunity to pay over the phone from your cheque, savings or credit card account. Please contact your financial institution if you do not have this facility already set up. Provided you have sufficient available credit, the payment will be processed and you will be issued with a receipt number for the bill payment. Payments for Rates and Water can be paid via BPAY by using the unique 10 digit Customer Reference Number located under your assessment number on each account with a minimum payment of $10.00.
Payment can be made by Council’s “No More Fuss” Direct Deposit scheme. This system is a stress-free way to pay your rates. You can arrange for the instalment amount to be deducted from your account through a special arrangement made with us at your request. You can download the direct deposit form here. Once you fill in the form return one to council and give the other to your bank. If you would like to make instalment amounts or a one off payment straight into Council's account you MUST notify Council of the payment amounts and what they are payment for. If we do not receive notification of your payment we cannon gaurentee payment to your account. Notify us either by Fax (02) 68221626 or by Email council@coonambleshire.nsw.gov.au .
Please allow sufficient postage time for your payment to arrive at Council on the due date of each instalment. Make all cheque’s payable to “Coonamble Shire Council” and cross “Not Negotiable”. If a receipt is required, please tick the box or sign where it is indicated on the face of the notice and return the deposit slip only and retain the top portion of the notice for your records.
Coonamble Shire Council Post Office Box 249
COONAMBLE NSW 2829
