If you have an opening rates account balance of zero ($0.00), you may still have Regional Council rates that remain unpaid for previous financial years.
Any unpaid Regional Council rates may be included in the opening balance of your city or district council and be collected by them on our behalf. The exception to this is Tauranga City ratepayers whose Regional Council unpaid rates from previous years will be included as the opening balance of the invoice that you have received from us. These rate arrears will need to be paid directly to us along with the rates that have been assessed for your property for this year.