Newark & Sherwood District Council

The simplest and most convenient way to pay your council tax is by direct debit. Your payments can be spread over 10 or 12 months from April and you can choose to set up your instalments to pay on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 21st and 28th of each month.

Once the direct debit has been set up, you will receive a bill that will list the instalment amounts.

Generally if you pay by 10 months on the 1^st of the month then the first payment is May and the last payment is February.  If you pay on any other date then they start in April and finish in January.

Setting up a direct debit is easy! 

• Change your payment method to direct debit

Our online payments service is provided by Civicapay on behalf of the council. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

You can pay over the phone using a credit or debit card.

Please call 0300 4560478 and select the correct option. You will need to enter a billing/reference number. 

Please make sure that you have ready:

• your debit / credit card number
• your council tax account number
• the amount you wish to pay
• a pen to record the transaction number

Secure access to view your council tax details including charges, reductions and payments with an additional option to receive electronic bills.

• Open Portal Council Tax

To register please email council.tax@nsdc.info with the subject as 'Open Portal'. 

In addition, please provide your full name together with the address where you are registered to pay council tax.