{"id":252080,"date":"2020-02-04T10:34:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T00:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=252080"},"modified":"2020-02-04T10:34:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T00:34:37","slug":"council-changes-rate-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/02\/04\/council-changes-rate-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Changes Rate Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>February 4, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett Regional Council is changing the way it will receive rates payments in future.<\/p>\n<p>After a review, Council has decided it will no longer accept direct credit payments, ie. payments made directly into its bank account.<\/p>\n<p>However, it will continue to accept BPay payments.<\/p>\n<p>Council is in the process of closing their current bank account.<\/p>\n<p>A Council spokesperson said the account would remain open until June 30 to allow people time to transition to a different option.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This change will allow Council to better streamline processes, ensure that money received is allocated to the correct place and assist with prevention of potential fraud,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The SBRC offers the following payment options:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australia Post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>BPay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Centrepay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Over the counter at any Council office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cheque: Mail to PO Box 336, Kingaroy, Qld, 4610<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Payment made into Council&#8217;s bank account after June 30\u00a0will bounce back as the account will be closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett Regional Council is changing the way it will receive rates payments in future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":188318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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