Check your Council Tax balance

You can check your Council Tax balance using our online payment system.

You can check your council tax balance and register for e-billing

You will need your Council Tax account number from your bill to check your balance.

To check your balance:

  1. use the link to access our online payment system
  2. select Council Tax
  3. enter your Council Tax account number

Your balance will be displayed on the page before the payment screen, in the field, where you input the amount you wish to pay.

Using an apple device

If you use an apple device, you may not be able to connect to the website. If this happens, you can fix this by clearing your cache.

How to clear your cache changes with each browser. We have included guides for the common browsers:

If this does not fix your issue, you can contact us and we will help you.

Check your balance

If you have more than one account, you will need to enter each account number to check the balance.

You will need to contact us to check the balance for an old address.

You can also register for Open Portal which gives you access to your Council Tax bill online. 

 

Council Tax

Address: Causeway House,
Bocking End,
Braintree,
Essex,
CM7 9HB

Telephone: 01376 557755

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