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Calis Beach Forum => Expat & Property Owners Q and A Forum => Topic started by: marka on October 11, 2013, 16:48:57 PM

Title: Council Tax
Post by: marka on October 11, 2013, 16:48:57 PM
Hi All

I am an owner of 2 bedroom apartment in Calis Beach. I have now managed after 2 years to set up direct debits via my bank in Fethiye to pay electric and water bills. This now leads me onto the May council tax bill does anyone know if this can also be set up and paid via your bank or do you need to go and pay in person. If the latter where do you pay this bill is it the same place where you used to pay for your water in Fethiye?? Sorry another owner on the complex paid it for me and I reimbursed them.
Thank you
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: keng38 on October 11, 2013, 17:13:54 PM
You can pay online with a card.
I keep trying and it doesn't work.
They will have to wait till next year now.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: julesbob0303 on October 11, 2013, 17:29:37 PM
I didn't know you could pay your water bill by direct debit!  We're with HSBC - can we pay through them?  Would make life a bit easier!   :)
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: KKOB on October 11, 2013, 17:31:29 PM
You can pay online with a card.
I keep trying and it doesn't work.
They will have to wait till next year now.

So, you CAN pay online or you CAN'T ?
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: Ian on October 11, 2013, 17:51:40 PM
You can pay online with a card.
I keep trying and it doesn't work.
They will have to wait till next year now.

So, you CAN pay online or you CAN'T ?

I contacted the council for a card in June after reading of similar online options in Bodrum and Didim.  They asked me "why I wanted a card" - when I said to pay council tax - the person replied - "that system is not yet working".

Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: Liz 101 on October 11, 2013, 18:47:18 PM
I didn't know you could pay your water bill by direct debit!  We're with HSBC - can we pay through them?  Would make life a bit easier!     :)

It's still only some of the banks that have this facility & am pretty sure that HSBC isn't one of them. Garanti certainly is. There did used to be a list of banks that had the facility on the wall behind the chaps that take the water payments in the Belediye offices above Migros
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: keng38 on December 01, 2013, 23:59:09 PM
Has anyone got any further with this?
I still can't pay online. I enter my Sicil no from previous receipt and nothing.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: usedbustickets on December 02, 2013, 10:36:17 AM
I didn't know you could pay your water bill by direct debit!  We're with HSBC - can we pay through them?  Would make life a bit easier!    :)
Yes you can pay your water bill in Fethiye by DD from your bank, even the HSBC.  When you get a bill set up the DD by using your internet banking or go into HSBC with the bill and let them set it up for you.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: paz on January 15, 2014, 23:11:17 PM
I have only just seen this post.  We found out that we could pay our water by direct debit through Garanti Bank. We originally only had electric DD, but they said if we had 2 DD's set up we wouldn't incur bank charges. As our bank charges were more than our water bill (as we're only there a few weeks a year) we thought this was a win win situation.  Next time we get the book updated we find both DD's come out fine but we still had bank charges. When we queried this, it turns out that charges are only waived if the DD is coming out every month.  This info may be of use  to someone.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: mercury on January 16, 2014, 11:59:44 AM
I wouldn't worry about not paying your council tax on time.. You may get fined a lira but never heard of anyone being able to pay on line.. Council tax isn't exactly a fortune over there.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: DANKY on January 16, 2014, 12:33:43 PM
Does anyone pay there water bill by DD using Yapi Kredi  please?
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: The secret7 on February 17, 2014, 20:38:30 PM
On the 12th March my wife and I will be in Chalis looking at property to buy.
We rented for a year and would have kept on renting but the landlord got greedy. Looking for a two bedroom place with a shared pool .Can you give us some idea as to the local tax on something like this.
Thank you l
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: Guy on February 17, 2014, 20:42:19 PM
Hi there,

Council Tax is very cheap in Fethiye. We own a 3 bed villa with a shared pool and paid 104 Lira last year.....for the whole year.

This is per person on the deeds.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: grahamturner09 on February 17, 2014, 21:00:23 PM
My three bed apartment in Fethiye council tax worked out at about £40 for the year
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: keng38 on May 25, 2014, 09:29:25 AM
It's that time of year again.
I have got onto www.fethiye.bel.tr and clicked on
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Then I entered my 5 digit code from previous bill and got
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Clicking on Tum boclari sec highlights all the outstanding payments.
So after this click on large secliri boclari odemek... Button
Then on next screen click on red Odeme Islemini Baslat button.
Then next screen you can enter your bank card details and it's done.

Only taken me years to sort this hence the huge bill!!
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: IanK on May 25, 2014, 12:37:36 PM
Keng38,

That's fantastic - just done ours with your instructions and a little help from Google translate here and there.

It worked perfectly - even got an emailed PDF receipt.

That's saved a couple of hours queuing in Fethiye next month.

Thank you very much for the info.

Ian

Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: keng38 on May 25, 2014, 17:35:33 PM
Here is a visual guide. Image by image.
Www.fethiye.bel.tr
Click on the Sikil kodu lie online tahsilat button.
(http://s29.postimg.org/70xgnnt9v/image.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/70xgnnt9v/)
Then click on Tum boclari sec to highlight all the above transactions then click Secili borclari button.
(http://s29.postimg.org/6com4puk3/image.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/6com4puk3/)
Click the button with the red writing. Odeme islemini Baslat.
(http://s29.postimg.org/dnk4guayb/image.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/dnk4guayb/)
You can then enter your card details. Mine is turkish account not sure if a uk card works here or not.
(http://s29.postimg.org/uclkcr7jn/image.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/uclkcr7jn/)
Last page is confirmation. Probably best to print this out just I case we are all donating to charity by mistake lol
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Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: farry on May 28, 2014, 15:58:46 PM
Keng38. - thanks for that, have managed to pay ours with your instructions!!
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: lynne on July 05, 2014, 08:54:50 AM
I don't think ours has gone through.....this is what it said at the very end:

Fethiye Belediyesi 'e Yaptığınız 32.9 TL Tutarındaki Ödeme işlemi BAŞARISIZ Oldu

Ödeme işlemini Tekrar Başlatmak için Buraya Tıklayın.

Any clues?
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: Marggie on July 05, 2014, 09:30:09 AM
It says your payment transaction to Fethiye Belediye of £32.90 failed.

Click here to start the payment process again.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: lynne on July 05, 2014, 10:37:29 AM
Thank you.  I assume I can pay as usual when we go over at the normal place?
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: mary62 on July 05, 2014, 16:35:02 PM
Keng, can I ask if you paid with a U.K. credit card or Turkish?

SORRY I just re-read your post and realise that you said Turkish card.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: keng38 on July 07, 2014, 00:01:30 AM
Turkish yes but read the thread I'm sure someone paid with a uk card.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: IanK on July 07, 2014, 13:00:28 PM
I paid with a UK card.

Ian
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: bells on July 07, 2014, 15:41:55 PM
I paid with a uk card too.
Title: Re: Council Tax
Post by: iankirk on September 05, 2014, 02:55:51 AM
I've been trying for the last three days to access this part of the council website but keep getting the message 'web page not available'.
Is it temporarily offline or has it been removed?
Anyone any ideas ?