Apply for a pensioner rebate on rates

The rebate amount is reviewed each financial year in line with Council adopting its annual budget and is subject to annual Consumer Price Index adjustments.

The current maximum pensioner rebate is $546.00 which comprises of:

• $266.00 State Government Municipal Rate Concession
• $230.00 Council approved pensioner concession
• $50.00 State Revenue Office Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund concession.

Applications must be made to Council by submitting the municipal rates concession application form.

Qualified card holders are also entitled to a $50 rebate against the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy.

The property must be your principal place of residence. You must also hold a pensioner concession card, or:

• Gold Repatriation Health Card - Permanently Incapacitated (TPI)
• Gold Repatriation Health Card - War Widow (WW)
• Department of Veteran Affairs POW and EDA cards.

If you have recently become a pensioner, you will need to apply to receive the rebates.

For more information on pension eligibility, please visit https://services.dffh.vic.gov.au/municipal-rates-concession, where you can also check if you qualify for the pension concession.

Complete and sign the municipal rates concession application form and submit to Council by email, post, or in person at the Town Hall.

Please include a photocopy of the front and the back of your pension card.

In some cases, we can make arrangements for eligible pensioners to defer their rate payments. Please contact us to discuss.