Braintree District Council can now issue your Council Tax or Business Rate bill electronically, rather than by post.

If you choose to have this service, your bill will be issued as a pdf attachment in an email sent to the email address provided by you. You will be helping the Council to save money and therefore you, as a taxpayer.

Please note that bills can currently be opened using Adobe Acrobat version 6 or lower.

If you have any questions about this service or need help, please telephone us on 01376 552525.

Please note that all other notices and legal documents, i.e. reminders, final notices or summonses, will be continued to be issued in paper format.

If you wish to receive your Council Tax or Business Rates bills by this method, you can tell us by completing this form. You must read these notes before submitting this form to us.

Please be aware that you must fill in a separate online form for each bill that you require to be sent to you via email.

Once this request has been processed an electronic bill will be issued to you to confirm that your email address has been added to our records. All future Council Tax and Business Rates bills will be sent to you in electronic format.

Please note, it is your responsibility to access and read all the Council Tax or Business Rates leaflets that explain how your Council Tax and Business Rates has been worked out and where it has been spent. These leaflets can be found under useful links and the right hand side.

You will be reminded where to access the leaflets every time we send you a bill.

By submitting a request for this service, you are agreeing to notify the Council in writing if:

Your email address changes You no longer have internet access You no longer want this service

The Council reserves the right to withdraw this arrangement with immediate effect if we consider that this facility is being misused or mismanaged. You will be notified in writing if the facility has been withdrawn.

The bills are issued in accordance with Section 233 Local Government Act 1972, The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/613) and The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2604). They are treated as 'given, served or supplied by sending the notice or information to that person by electronic communication to such address as may be notified by that person for that purpose'. Braintree District Council is the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. The information you provide will only be used by the Council to assist in the administration of Council Tax and will not be disclosed to a third party.

- If you wish to receive your Council Tax or Business Rate bills by this method, please click here to complete an on-line request form