Golden Plains Shire Council rates notices are being issued from mid-August, so now is a great time to refresh your understanding of Council’s rates process and how rate capping affects you.
As you may already know, Local Government has a responsibility to provide access to services and infrastructure for the benefit of all members of the community. Rates are a property tax raised to fund these services and to provide and maintain infrastructure.
Your rates notice
Council’s rates notices will be distributed from mid-August to ratepayers. As mentioned on your notice, rates need to be paid in full before 15 February 2017, or by four instalments – the instalment amounts, due dates and payment options are shown on your rates notice.
Understanding rates
Rates are a complicated business, particularly with the implementation of State Government rate capping, so Council and the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) have put together resources to help ratepayers understand the process.
View Council’s Your Rates Explained fact sheet to find out about:
• How rates are calculated
• Property valuations
• Municipal Charge
• State Government Landfill Levy
• And much more!
You may also wish to watch this MAV video, which explains rate capping, including how it works and how it affects ratepayers.
How does rate capping work? from MAV on Vimeo.
If you have any queries about your rates notice, please contact the Golden Plains Shire Council Customer Service Centre on 5220 7111, email [email protected] or report an issue online here.