Pay your rates by credit card: you pay 2% extra. Pay by debit card: LPS pay 29p.

Northern Ireland ratepayers choosing to pay their rates bills by credit card contributed around £32,000 to Santander last year. How do you pay your rates? Pay the whole year off up front and get the small discount? Pay monthly? Direct debit? Post Office? Or maybe you put on your credit card? Increasingly, government bodies are offering online card payment as an option for tax collection and bill payment. But just like booking a flight, there’s a surcharge. You pay dearly …

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