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Paying your business rates

Your business rates bill shows the instalment amounts and the dates on which you should pay them. We provide you with a payment booklet to make payment. 

You should enter the relevant date and amount on the payment slip.

Remember - the banks, building societies or Girobank plc are not our agents. You should make sure that you pay us in enough time to make sure we receive your payment in time. 

You should allow at least seven days for your payment to reach us.

How can I pay my business rates? 

You can pay in the following ways:

Online
Paying online is now the easiest way to pay.  You can access a form, which you can fill in and submit online.

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Direct debit
Download a Direct Debit form (PDF [42Kb] opens in new window)

By post
If you send your payment by post, you should address it to:

Liverpool City Council,
Revenues Service,
PO Box 2012,
Liverpool,
L69 2DX.

Please make cheques and postal orders payable to Liverpool City Council and enclose a payment slip, where you have filled in the amount and date due boxes. 

You should not make cheques and postal orders payable to individual officers. 

You should only send bank notes by registered post. If you pay by cheque, please write the payment reference number on the back of the cheque. 

We will not give you a receipt if you pay by cheque unless you specifically ask for one. If you ask for a receipt, send us a stamped addressed envelope.

By Debit Card
You can pay by Maestro (formerly Switch), Solo or Delta.  Payments can be made using our automated payment line 0151 233 2000.  To make a payment, you will need to have your Business Rates payment reference number ready and know the amount you wish to pay.  If you do not know your Business Rates payment reference number please call 0151 225 2490 or call in at one of our One Stop Shops.   

At a bank
If you want to pay at a bank, fill in a payment slip, including the amount and date due boxes and take it to any branch of a bank. This service will be free at the bank we use (see the separate list of addresses in the payment booklet) or at your own bank.

By Girobank transfer
Fill in a payment slip, including the amount and date due boxes, and send it to Girobank plc. 

At a post office
Fill in a payment slip and pay at any post office. There will be a charge from the post office for this service.

By visiting our offices
The cash office at the Municipal Buildings in Dale Street, Liverpool is open at the following times:
Monday to Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 1pm