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Rates Instalments, Penalties and Arrears

Five Instalments per year

Porirua City Council’s rates are payable over five instalments during the financial year, which runs from 1 July to 30 June.

Invoices are sent out every two months from the beginning of August. Each invoice is 1/5 of the total year’s rates and will detail amounts to pay and by when and any payments made to date.

Together with the first invoice for the year you will receive a rates assessment notice. This will provide a breakdown of the rates assessed for your rating unit and the total rates payable for the year. You will also receive a separate rates assessment showing the Greater Wellington Regional Council rates.

The payment dates for each instalment are set out below:

All payments are allocated to the oldest debt first.

Penalties

If your rates instalment remains unpaid by the due date shown on the rates assessment and invoice, a 10% late payment penalty will be added to any amount of the instalment still owing.

All payments are allocated to the oldest debt first.

An additional charge of 10% will be added onto any unpaid rates from previous years.  This will be applied on 26 September 2012.

Arrears

If you experience difficulties in paying your rates please contact us as soon as possible.

We are happy to discuss a payment plan to assist you in getting up-to-date with your arrears.

When a payment of rates is received the monies are applied to the oldest outstanding debt first and not the current instalment. Therefore monies received cannot be applied to the current instalment to stop a penalty being incurred.

If a suitable plan is in place and all payments are honoured as they fall due, Council may waive late payment penalties that would otherwise accrue. Call our Credit Controller on (04) 237 1530 and ask for more details.

Link to more information

• Rating Information Database