Find out what is funded by your Taranaki Regional Council rates, how your rates are calculated, and where you can get information on individual property values and the rates payable on them. Downloads Public notice - rating information database 2020 (63 KB pdf)
Rates are yearly charges based on property values, made up of different components accounting for various services. They add up to just over a third of the Taranaki Regional Council's income. Most of the Council’s income comes from user charges, Government grants, dividends and rent and investment income. The Council’s rates are collected on its behalf by the region’s three District Councils, which include them in their quarterly rates notices to ratepayers. Rates vary according to which
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Rating impact
The following are examples of the level of total rates that different groups of ratepayers will incur in 2022/2023
under this Plan. All figures are GST exclusive. These figures are calculated on the equalised capital value of each
district. The actual rates struck will be on the unequalised capital value. Accordingly, there will be some
differences (expected to be minor) between the figures below and the final rates figures charged.
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The Council will charge a penalty of 10% on so much of any rates levied before 1 July 2021 which remain unpaid on 1 July
2021 or such later date as required under section 58(1) (b) (ii). (South Taranaki constituency).
A discount of 2% will be allowed on the total rates set for the financial year, if the rates for a financial year are paid in full
on or before the due date of the first instalment for the financial year (South Taranaki constituency only). This will
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Rating impact
The following are examples of the level of total rates that different groups of ratepayers will incur in 2020/2021
under this Plan. All figures are GST exclusive. These figures are calculated on the equalised capital value of each
district. The actual rates struck will be on the unequalised capital value. Accordingly, there will be some
differences (expected to be minor) between the figures below and the final rates figures charged.
Ratepayers in the
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Ratepayers in the New Plymouth and North Taranaki constituencies:
In these constituencies ratepayers incur a mixture of capital value general rates, uniform annual general
charges, capital value targeted rates and land value targeted rates. To determine the rates for any property,
refer to the table for that type of property and then look by capital value (columns) and land value (rows). For
instance, a residential ratepayer with a capital value of $300,000 and a
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The Council will charge a penalty of 10% on so much of any rates levied before 1 July 2021 which remain unpaid on 1 July
2021 or such later date as required under section 58(1) (b) (ii). (South Taranaki constituency).
A discount of 2% will be allowed on the total rates set for the financial year, if the rates for a financial year are paid in full
on or before the due date of the first instalment for the financial year (South Taranaki constituency only). This will
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Actual rates to be paid
To calculate the rates payable for a property, obtain the rateable land and capital values from the Rates Assessment
Notice issued by your local district council and then complete the attached table. All figures include GST. For example, if
you own a residential property in the New Plymouth with a capital value of
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Funding impact statement
The total estimated expenditure for the Taranaki
Regional Council for 2019/2020 is $45,093,287.
This expenditure will be funded from the following
sources. These funding/financing sources are
consistent with the Council’s Revenue and
Financing Policy.
2018/2019 2019/2020 2019/2020
Estimate $ Estimate $ LTP $
4,927,648 General rates 7,954,392 5,142,319
3,026,744 UAGC - 3,106,386
2,220,791 Targeted rates 5,910,867 2,283,745