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• Rating Year
• How rates are calculated
• Pensioner rebate
• Payment Dates
• If you wish to Pay by Four Instalments
• If you wish to Pay by 10 Monthly Instalments
• If your Payment is Late
• If you have sold this property
• Changed or Changing your Address?
• The Valuation of this Property
• Other Authorities may use the Valuations
• Appeal against Rates and Charges

• Methods of Payment
• Privacy Statement

Rating Year

The 2007/2008 Council rates are levied for the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.
Rates enquiries: 9518 3497.

How rates are calculated

Site Value, which is simply the value of land, is used as the basis for rating in the City of Monash. A property's valuation is multiplied by a rate in the dollar set by Council to determine the total rates due.

Pensioner rebate

If your pension includes a PENSIONER CONCESSION CARD, WAR WIDOW ENTITLEMENTS or TPI ENTITLEMENTS, you may be eligible for a rebate on your rates. Please note the appropriate pension card must be produced when submitting your application for rebate to the Rate Office at the Civic Centre or at the Oakleigh Centre.
Enquiries 9518 3497.

Payment Dates

You can pay the rates and charges in full on or before 15 February 2008, or

in four instalments on or before:

Direct Debit option

If you wish to Pay by Four Instalments

Ratepayers may elect to pay by instalments. To achieve this:

1. your first instalment must be paid in full on or before 1 October 2007 and
2. any overdue rates and charges must also be paid on or before 1 October 2007

If you elect to pay by instalments as above, instalment notices will be mailed to you prior to each of the remaining instalments.

Direct Debit option

If you wish to Pay by 10 Monthly Instalments

Ratepayers may elect to pay by 10 monthly instalments commencing on 3 September 2007 and ending on 2 June 2008. This service is available to ratepayers, ONLY by Direct Debit. The next application round will be in August 2008.

Contact the Rates Office on 9518 3497 to obtain the relevant form, or dowload the FORM online.

If your Payment is Late

If your payment in full is not received either by Council on or before 15 February 2008, then interest will be charged on the full amount of the overdue rates and charges from the 1 July 2007 to the date of payment. If paying by instalments and payment is not received on or before the due dates then interest will be charged from the relevant due date to the date of payment. Interest will be levied at the prescribed rate, which is currently 12.00% per annum.

All payments will be allocated as follows

1. Legal costs owing, if any; then
2. Interest owing if any; then
3. Arrears owing, if any; and then
4. Current rates owing.

Interest will continue to be charged on any overdue monies, until they are paid in full.

If you have sold this property

Council must be notified in writing. A "Notice of Acquisition or Disposition" is to be received by Council from the purchaser, vendor or respective solicitors/conveyancers. Failure to submit a notice within one month of a transfer may result in a substantial penalty.

Changed or Changing your Address?

Please advise the Rate Office at the Civic Centre in writing. It is the owners/ratepayers responsibility to notify Council in writing of any change of address. The advice can submitted on one of the following forms:

Personal Name - Change of Address Form (PDF, 36 kB)

Company Name - Change of Address Form (PDF, 20 kB)

The Valuation of this Property

Council rates and charges and sometimes those charges levied by other authorities, are based on the valuation of the property. The City of Monash bases its rates on the "Site Value", which is shown on the front of your rate notice. The 2007/2008 rates are based on valuations assessed at 1 January 2006 levels of value.

For further information please contact the City Valuer's Office on 9518 3055.

Other Authorities may use the Valuations

Council valuations may also be used by other rating authorities for the purpose of a rate or tax. The State Revenue Office uses the "Site Value" in assessing land tax.

Further information on the use of valuations for land tax can be found on the State Revenue Office website - www.sro.vic.gov.au.

Appeal against Rates and Charges

Section 184 of the Local Government Act 1989, provides that if you are aggrieved by the rate or charge levied by your rate notice, you may within 60 days after receipt of the notice, give to the Council notice that you intend to appeal to the County Court. Any such appeal must be in the prescribed form. The grounds of appeal and procedure are set out in Section 184 of the Local Government Act 1989.

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Updated: 26 June 2008

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