Payments can be made using the following methods:
Direct Debit
We would encourage you to consider paying your Non Domestic Rates by Direct Debit. This may be more convenient for you and your business/organisation as the completion of a Direct Debit instruction can enable you to pay by monthly instalments. Payments by one lump sum or by two instalments before the 30th of September can also be paid by Direct Debit. The Direct Debit can also be carried forward to the following years removing the need to set instalments up on an annual basis. Please contact us on 01851 822643 if you would like to set up a Direct Debit.
Online
You can make a Business Rates online payment.
Internet Banking
If you have internet access to the bank account from which you wish to pay your bill, you may be able to make payments directly to the Comhairle. Payments should be made to Account No. 00290393 and Sort Code 83-27-12. You must use the account reference on your bill as the reference with your payments to ensure it will be allocated to your account.
Telephone
If you wish to make a payment by debit/credit card you can call 01851 600502 between 9.00am and 4.30pm, Monday to Thursday and 9.00am and 4pm Friday.
If instalments are overdue, a final notice will be issued and the right to pay by instalments will be lost. The balance outstanding for the year must then be paid within 14 days otherwise a Summary Warrant will be obtained from the Sheriff Court in terms of the Section 247 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 and Section 8 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975. A statutory penalty of 10% will be charged.
Where a Demand Notice is issued on or after 1st January, in respect of a period to 31st March, the rates must be paid in full in the following month.