Council Tax

Council Tax

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The Council collects Council Tax from more than 70,000 households for itself, Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire Police Authority, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Fire Authority and town and parish councils in Huntingdonshire. For details on these Authorities, please use the relevant links on the right hand side of this page.

Each year the Council sets the level of the Council Tax depending on how much each authority needs to raise from local people. The Council Tax bills for 2010/11 totalled £97m(Gross Debit). A full list of all the Council Tax charges can be found in our linked documents section.


Direct Debit Payments:

Payment by Direct Debit is the most convenient and cost effective method for paying your Council Tax bill and more than 70% of our customers choose to pay by this method. 

Set up a Direct Debit Instruction today by either of these methods

  • Ring us on 01480 388030 with your bank details ready.
  • Download the Direct Debit form in our linked documents section and return it to us.


Your reference number must be quoted when returning the form to this office. This is shown in the black box on the top right hand corner of your bill and is an eight digit number starting with a 4.

Further details of all methods of payments available can be found using the find out how the pay council tax button at the top of the page.

We also have an online payments service which can be accessed using the pay council tax online button at the top of this page.

If you require any assistance in obtaining your reference number or have any enquiries regarding Council Tax please call us on 01480 388030.


Information leaflet for customers struggling with their finances:

A leaflet which has been compiled jointly with several other local organisations can be found in the Linked Documents section on the right of this page.

It gives contact details and aims to help those in need get back on track and direct them to the right place for support and advice on a number of areas including housing repair assistance, disabled facilities grants, debt counselling, welfare advice, help with optimising benefits to reduce the money owed or agreeing payment arrangements.

There is also a link to a leaflet compiled by Cambridgeshire County Council called Weather The Storm in the Linked Documents section and a link to their website in the External Links box.


click here to notify us of a change of address click here to find out how to pay your council tax click here to pay your council tax online click here to apply for a council tax discount click here to ciew the frequently asked council tax questions click here to contact the council tax department
 

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