Yes, the City of Belmont is one of only a few councils to offer a discount.
You can be eligible for a 5% discount to be applied to the rate levy component of your account by paying your rates in full as shown on your annual rate.
The 5% discount is calculated for you on your annual rates notice and is shown under Option 1 – Discounted Total (
view an example rates notice).
To be eligible for the discount, you need to pay by the due date shown on your original rate notice.
Please note that payments received after the due date will not be eligible.
Please allow extra time for some electronic payments to be received as well as payments being sent through Australia Post. Although all mail is receipted by the City the day it is received, it may take longer than you think to arrive by post.
If you hold a valid concession card and meet certain criteria, you could be eligible for a State Government Rebate.
Find out about rates concessions
The City of Belmont offers you a number of ways to pay your rates. Several of these methods are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
View rates payment methods
The City of Belmont offers the following options for payment of rates. The due dates associated with these options are shown on the original rate notice issued in late July/early August.
You can either:
- Pay in full by the due date on your original rates notice and receive the discount as shown under Option 1.
- Pay in 4 instalments -
- The 1st instalment includes all arrears and a quarter of the current rates and charges;
- Remaining instalments, due approximately two months apart, cover the balance of the account over three equal instalments. You will receive instalment notices approximately four weeks before each payment is due. If an instalment is overdue, it will incur late payment penalties until it is paid in full.
Note: To be eligible to pay your rates by the 4 instalment option, the first instalment amount must be received by the due date shown on your annual rate notice.
For more information, please email
rates@Belmont.wa.gov.au or phone the City’s Rates team on 9477 7485.
If you are unable to pay in full by the due date, Payble offers an easier, friendlier way to pay your rates over a time period of your choosing. Simply register online with
Payble using the QR code on your rates notice and chose the flexible payments option. With Payble, you can choose to pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, any day of the week. You can set up your payment plan up to 30 days before the first payment is due. Keep track of your payments, check your account balance online, rearrange payments if one needs to be missed and even receive friendly SMS reminders.
This option does
not attract the $20.00 administration fee.
If this is not suited to your needs, then you can request a
Direct Debit payment plan. This option allows payments to be deducted on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis with payments being deducted on a
Friday only.
Once an arrangement has been set up on your account, you will receive an approval letter confirming the details agreed upon.
This option attracts the $20.00 administration fee.
If you are experiencing financial hardship, please refer to the
Hardship Policy for further information.
For more information, please email
rates@Belmont.wa.gov.au or phone the City’s Rates team on 9477 7485.
The rate levy and Emergency Services levy components on your rate notice are based on the Gross Rental Valuation (GRV). This is the amount that your property might reasonably be expected to earn each year if it were rented. As an example only, if your GRV is shown as $25,000 then divide that by 52 (weeks per year) and you would expect a minimum rental income of $480.00 per week.
The GRV is calculated for all properties in WA by the Valuer General's Office (a division of Landgate), regardless of whether the property is being rented or owner occupied.
Visit the Landgate website
If you would like to formally object, you need to lodge an objection within 60 days after the issue date of the rates (shown near the top right corner of your rate notice). Your objection will need to quote your Ven number, shown on the back of your rate notice.
Please be aware that even if you lodge an objection with Landgate, under the
Local Government Act 1995, you are required to pay in full by the due date of the rate notice. If your valuation is amended, once your rates are adjusted, you will receive an interim rate notice.
The minimum rate is in place to make sure that all ratepayers make at least a minimum contribution to the cost of providing the services that are available to the community.
Interim rates apply when you make changes to your property which could change the overall value of your property. For example, you might:
- Subdivide or amalgamate properties;
- Complete a new building;
- Demolish a structure;
- Build an addition;
- Install or remove a swimming pool or spa.
When any of these changes occur to your property, the Valuer General's Office will provide the City with a valuation which takes effect from the 1
st of the month after that change is completed.
The City will then make the necessary amendments and issue an interim rate notice in due course.
The
Emergency Services Levy (ESL) is a State Government charge which is:
- Collected by the City of Belmont on behalf of Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES);
- Designed to support the services provided by employed and volunteer fire fighters, including Fire and Rescue Services, and Bush Fire Brigade.
The ESL is calculated in the same way as your rates are with the valuation being supplied by the Valuer General's Office. The rate in the dollar and the minimum and maximum charges are determined and published by DFES each year.
If you have any questions about the levy, please contact the DFES on 1300 136 099.