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# Surcharge introduced for council tax and business rates payments made by credit card
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/surcharge-introduced-for-council-tax-and-business-rates-payments-made-by-credit-card/
- Published: 2014-01-06T11:30:39.000Z
- Updated: 2014-01-06T10:31:36.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:48, News

A new surcharge has been introduced for people paying council tax or business rates with a credit card.

The two per cent charge was brought in late last year by Lichfield District Council.

A spokesperson explained: “Processing credit card payments costs more, so the surcharge will help us to cover the cost of the additional processing. We are looking to roll this surcharge out to other e-payments soon.

“We also want to discourage people from paying their regular bills such as council tax on credit card, which can lead to more debt in the district.”