Payments

Online Payments | Direct Debit | Standing Orders and Bacs | Telephone Payments | Payments In Person | Cheques in the Post 

The Council offers various methods of payment as indicated, however, please be aware that effective 1 April 2012 there will be a 2% charge when paying by credit card.

Online Payments

Please Note: People using an AOL browser may encounter problems trying to access secure sites (such as our credit card site). A solution to this problem is to type the word 'securefix' into the AOL keyword search box and hit enter. This installs a patch and will advise you to restart your computer.

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.

Check the secure status of our server for yourself on the VeriSign website .

Telephone Payments

A telephone payments facility is available for:

• Council Tax
• Business Rates
• Car Park Fines

0161 342 4297 

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

Direct Debit (DD)

You can pay your Council Tax or pay your Business Rates by Direct Debit - there are no cheques to write, no paperwork or postage and there's no queuing.

It couldn't be easier - Just contact 0161 342 8355 to set up a Direct Debit over the telephone, or complete the Direct Debit Instruction for Council Tax or the Direct Debit Instruction for Business Rates, print it out and return it to Tameside Revenues Division.

• Any outstanding arrears will be collected by Direct Debit
• Direct Debit payments are claimed on either the 1st or 15th of the month (Council Tax only). The choice is yours

As soon as you have set up a Direct Debit over the telephone, or your completed Direct Debit instruction is received, your instalments will be collected by Direct Debit on the next available date.

You will be notified of your instalments and the dates 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 08-92-32
• Account No. 61000667
• Account name: Tameside MB suspense account
• Bank and Branch: The Co-Op Bank, 1 Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6DL

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 PayPoint Agencies 
• at any of the listed libraries by cheque

Cheques in the Post

Postal remittances should be made payable to; Tameside MBC and sent to Exchequer Services, Wellington Road, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 6DL. Write you name, address and Council Tax or Business Rate reference number on the back of the cheque. If you require a receipt you must send a stamped addressed envelope with your payment. Post dated cheques will not be accepted.

Contact Information
Send us a Message	Call Centre Tameside MBC Council Offices Wellington Road Ashton under Lyne OL6 6DL  View local map
0161 342 8355
0161 342 2398
0161 342 2283