Payments

• Online Payments
• Direct Debit
• Standing Orders and Bacs
• Telephone Payments
• Payments In Person
• Recovery of Unpaid Council Tax

Online Payments

Pay by credit/debit card, via our secure network, using the Online Payment Form for any of the following:

• Council Tax
• Fines (Car Parking / Dog Fouling / Litter)
• Business Rates
• General Debtors/Former Tenant Arrears
• Mortgages

Alternatively, we have a full list of services and goods available, which you can pay for online.

We will receive your credit details using a secure server. This means the transaction is encrypted between your machine and the authority's server.

Direct Debit (DD)

Direct Debit is the easiest and most convenient method for paying your Council Tax and Business Rates bill. You can choose from a monthly instalment date of either the 1^st, 15^th or the 23^rd of the month.

For Council Tax: 

Direct Debits can be set up on-line by clicking here:

For Business Rates:

Direct Debit Mandate - National Non Domestic Rates - Tameside MBC Forms

If you are unable to complete this on-line form, contact the Council Tax Service on 0161 342 2045 or Business Rates Service on 0161 342 2233 to set up a direct debit over the telephone.

As soon as you have set up a Direct Debit, your instalments will be collected by Direct Debit on the next available date.  Any outstanding arrears will be collected by Direct Debit. You will be notified of your instalments and the dates that they will be collected on a revised bill.

Standing Orders and Bacs

Council Tax and Business Rate Payments can be made by Standing Order (at your bank) or by Bacs. To ensure your payment reaches your account you must quote the following:

• Tameside MBC
• Your Council Tax / Business Rates reference (this can be found on your bill)
• Your name
• Sort code 20-05-09
• Account No.33782840
• Account name: Tameside MBC Suspense
• Barclays

Telephone Payments

A telephone payments facility is available for:

• Council Tax
• Business Rates
• Car Park Fines

0330 008 1605

You can also make a payment by debit/credit card over the telephone, at any Customer Service Centre.

Payments in Person 

You can call in at any of the following places to make a payment for a Council service or goods:

• at any Post Office
• at any of the Payzone Agencies

Recovery of Unpaid Council Tax (tameside.gov.uk)