Ways to Pay 

This is our preferred method of payment as it saves you and the council time and money when making a payment. It is the only method of payment that comes with a Guarantee.

Once the Direct Debit has been set up, there is no further action you need to take, other than ensuring there is enough money in your bank account when payments are due to be taken, as payments are automatically debited from your bank or building society account.

You can either contact the Business Rates Section on 020 8227 2934 to set up a Direct Debit over the telephone, or Download a paper copy.

If you telephone us, please have your bank details and Business Rates reference number ready.

You can now choose for your Direct Debit to be collected from your bank account on either 1st or 15th of each month.

To pay your bill 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using your credit or debit card, you can:

• Telephone 020 8227 2050. Please have your bill and your credit or debit card to hand.
• Visit our Online payments web page

You will need to make arrangements with your own bank to send payments to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's bank.

To do this, you will need the council's Bank details.

In addition, you must always quote your business rates account number when making payment. Failure to quote the right information may result in payments not being credited to your business rates account correctly, and subsequently recovery action being taken.

If you are in doubt, contact us at the address shown for advice before completing any documentation.

In law, your business rates have not been paid until payment reaches our bank account. We will not accept responsibility for tracing any payments which do not reach our bank account. 

Payments by cheque can be sent to: 

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
PO Box 48
Dagenham
RM10 7DE

Please make cheques payable to 'LBBD' and write your business address and business rates account number on the back.

Do not send cash through the post.

To help us to keep costs low, receipts can only be returned to you if you enclose a prepaid envelope with your payment.