Council Tax direct debit
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About the Council Tax direct debit
Direct debit is the quickest and most efficient way for you to make payments and is easy to set up.
Paying by this method means you do not have to remember to make a payment or worry about missing a payment.
Paying your Council Tax by direct debit is the preferred payment method for over 70% of our customers.
How we contact you about your Council Tax
Text messages from the Council Tax Service will show as coming from LBBarnet.
Emails from the Council Tax Service will come from LondonBoroughofBarnet@sdbt-mail.com
Text messages
For data security reasons these messages will never contain any of your council tax information.
The text messages will contain a verification link. The link will be to a page at gsys.io. This message is from Barnet Council Tax and is safe to follow.
Once you follow the link you will be asked to provide your postcode to confirm your identity before details of your Council Tax are provided.
If you are concerned please complete the general council tax enquiry form and we will get back to you.
Make sure your contact details are accurate
The council uses the information you have provided to us when sending out reminders. Please keep your contact details up to date.
You can inform us of changes to your contact details here by completing the general council tax enquiry form
What we do with your information
The council has implemented this service to help with the assessment and collection of outstanding tax.
We will not send you marketing information or pass your details onto third party marketing organisations.
The council is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers and may use the information you provide for the prevention and detection of fraud.
We may also share this information with other bodies as legally allowed to do for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes. Find out more about your privacy and rights