Council Tax is payable in accordance with the statutory instalment scheme.  It is payable in 10 instalments due on or before the 2nd of each month from April through to January.  If you choose to pay your Council Tax half yearly, instalments are due on or before 2nd April and 2nd September.  If you decide to pay annually, the full sum is due on the 2nd April.

How to pay your council tax
The Council's preferred methods of payment are Direct Debit and debit card.

There are a number of ways you can pay your council tax:

• Direct Debit
  The easiest, most efficient way to pay - let the Council do all the work for you.  Payment is requested from your bank on the 2nd of the month, or the nearest working day if the 2nd falls on a weekend or Bank Holiday.
  
  To help keep costs (and your council tax) low and avoid the extra expense of setting up new payment arrangements at the beginning of the next financial year, it is important that your current instruction is not cancelled when the final instalment has been collected each year.
  
  You can download the Direct Debit form [PDF] (23k) then print and return it to the Council using the address below.

• Online
  Using your debit/credit card.  An additional fee is charged for all credit card payments.  There is no fee for debit card payments.
  
  Pay online
  
  
• Telephone
  Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 01483 444455 using your debit/credit card.  An additional fee is charged for all credit card payments.
  
  
• In Post Offices
  You will need to complete a Transcash payment slip and quote the Credit Account number 443 9805 along with your council tax account number.  Please note that the post office will charge you an additional fee for each transaction.
  
  
• Standing Order or Online Banking
  The bank details for council tax are:
  Sort code 40-22-26
  Bank account number 21850652
  Please remember to always quote your council tax account number.
  
  
• Post
  By sending your cheque, made payable to Guildford Borough Council.  Please write your Council Tax account number on the back of the cheque.  It is not advisable to send cash through the post.  Our address can be found at the bottom of this page.
  

Find out how you can reduce the amount you pay.

If you would like further details about the various payment methods, please telephone the council tax helpline.

Council Tax
Revenue and Payments Services
Millmead House
Millmead
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 4BB

Tel: 01483 444864
Fax: 01483 444866
Email: ctax@guildford.gov.uk