Council's financial year commences on 1 July 2025 and ends on 30 June 20260 . Rates notices are mailed at the end of July each year and are payable by four installments:

Instalment 1: 29 August 2025
Instalment 2: 31 October 2025
Instalment 3: 30 January 2026
Instalment 4: 31 March 2026

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Late payments and payment arrangements

An interest charge of 10.30% annually, applied at the daily rate of 0.028219% will be payable in respect of the unpaid rates or instalment for the period during which it is unpaid. If you are having difficulties paying your rates and charges, please contact Council on 6393 5300 to discuss payment arrangements and rates relief options, prior to the due date of the first instalment.

Understanding the charges listed on your rates notice

General Rates
The General Rate funds the range of services Council provides for the benefit of all residents such as maintenance of roads, provision of community facilities, parks, recreation facilities, animal management as well as development and regulatory services.

General Rates 2025-26

In March 2024, Council received adjusted property values from the State Government’s Office of the Valuer General (OVG) for application from 1 July 2024. Property values for the Primary Production Land Use Class (LUC) increased by 125% whilst the Resident LUC increase was 40% and the Commercial, Industrial and Community Services LUC increase was 20%.

To moderate the impact of these adjusted values, Council applied a varied rate in the dollar for the 2024-25 financial year, under section 107 of the Local Government Act 1993. This approach allowed transition to the application of the increased valuations.

For the 2025-26 financial year Council will revert to a single rate in the dollar for all LUCs. Across the course of the 2025-26 financial year the Valuer General will undertake a revaluation of all properties in the municipality and the outcome of this process will form

Tasmanian Government Fire Service Rates

Council is required to collect the Fire Service Rate on behalf of the Tasmanian State Government to help fund the Tasmanian Fire Service.

Waste Management Contribution
This is a fixed annual charge applied to all properties and funds the operational costs of waste management including Council’s landfill sites, transfer stations and site rehabilitation works. If you do not receive a bin collection service, only the Waste Management Contribution will be listed on your rates notice.

Bin Collection Services
These charges apply for properties in bin collection areas to pay for collection and disposal of household waste, recycling and FOGO (where available). The charge is added to the Waste Management Contribution (above) so it appears as a single charge on your rates notice. Charges vary, depending on the size of your waste bin.

Pensioner Rebates
The Tasmanian Government provides eligible pensioners with discounts on the General Rate and the Fire Service Rate. If you have applied and are eligible for these discounts, they will be listed on your rates notice as Pensioner Rebate and Pensioner Rebate Fire Service Rate and will appear as a deduction.

Need more information?

Council's Ratepayer Information brochure is reviewed annually and contains information about the calculation of rates, remissions and methods of payment:

Ratepayer Information Brochure 2025-26