Stoke-on-Trent Centenary: Celebrating 100 years of our city

In 2025, we'll celebrate a century since the city received its well-deserved status. Check out our dedicated Centenary page for information on events, local stories and more!

sot100.org.uk

Pay your council tax

In this section

  1. Pay by Direct Debit
  2. Pay online
  3. Post Office, PayPoint
  4. Pay by automated telephone line

Pay online

Online payments can be made 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Pay your council tax online

Pay by bank transfer

You can pay using your own online banking using:

  • Sort code: 30-93-83
  • Bank account number: 03004166
  • Your council tax account number

How to locate your council tax number

You can locate your council tax account number on any correspondence we send to you, below is an example of where you can locate the reference number.

Please make sure you include the letter from the end of your reference number.

council tax letter example

When entering your account number please do not include any other information even if you think it will be useful, doing this may prevent your payments from going through on time as payments that include anything other than the account number require additional processing.

Examples of what not to include:

  • Your name
  • The service you are paying for such as “Council Tax” or CTAX
  • Dates, months or years.
  • Any other text