How You Can Pay Your Rates / Water Bills 

There are many ways in which you can pay your Rates and Water accounts with Tasman District Council:

Online Credit Card Payment 

Payments can be made with Visa or Mastercard using our secure online payment system. A service fee of 2.00% per transaction is applied by our service provider to offer online payments through this site.

Pay Rates Online

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Direct Debit 

Direct Debit is the easy no fuss way to pay your rates. Rate payments will be automatically made from your bank account. 

Direct Debit allows you to spread your current year's rates payments over 12 months. You can choose to pay either weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly or annually.

Rates Direct Debit Application Form

The amounts to be paid are automatically adjusted to ensure your rates are paid in full over the whole year. We will notify you in advance of the payments amounts and you can amend or cancel the payments at any time. 

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Internet & Telephone Banking 

Once you have Tasman District Council set up as a 'Bill payment option' with your bank you can pay using your own bank's online banking service.

You can set the dates that you would like the payments to be made in advance.  Visit your bank's website to find out more.

Please allow 3 days for funds to transfer to Council's bank account and ensure that your rate account number is clearly identified as the reference.

Alternatively you can phone your bank and they can set up TDC RATES as a 'Bill payment option'.

Our Bank Account details are:

  • Bank: ASB Bank, Richmond
  • Account Number: 12-3193-0002048-03
  • International Swift Code: ASBBNZ2A

When paying your rates, please use your valuation roll number as a reference number. When paying your water rates, please use your water account number (ie. Wxxxxx).

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By Post

Cheque payments sent by post should be addressed to: Tasman District Council, Private Bag 4, Richmond 7050.

Please enclose the remittance advice from the rates invoice to ensure that your payment is correctly identified, and post your payment in sufficient time to reach us on or before the final date for payment.

Please do not post cash.

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In Person 

Rates can be paid in person at any of the Council's offices. You can pay by cash, cheque, or EFT-POS.

Tasman District Council Office Locations