General Rates Estimator

General Rates Estimator

Your rates help Council maintain our beautiful region and provide income to run essential community services and infrastructure. They can be paid annually or quarterly.

You can estimate your rates using the below General Rates Estimator. 

This estimator will help you calculate your Council general rates for the next two financial years - 2025/2026 and 2026/2027.

This estimator tool does not reflect additional charges such as water, sewer and waste charges. It is an estimate only and does not include rebates, pensioner concession or other adjustments and is subject to change. It does not take into account the impact of any land revaluations which affect the distribution of rates between properties rather than the total rates collected by Council.

Please note that the estimate cannot be substituted for actual Rates Notices or Certificates from Federation Council. Council cannot be held liable for an incorrect estimate. 

Information you need

To calculate an estimate of your rates for the coming 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 rating years you will need:

  1. Your land category - residential, business or farmland. 

  2. Your land value - your land valuation as of 1st of July 2022 can be found on your most recent rates notice. Alternatively, you can access your land values on the NSW Valuer General's website.

Your rates notice will also show other charges, for example, your waste charges and sewer charges. These are additional charges on top of your rates estimator. 

What is being calculated

There are two amounts calculated:

  • The first amount is your General Rates Estimate with the proposed Special Rate Variation increase across the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 financial years - 69.94% cumulative. It is important to note that the 69.94% cumulative increase effectively includes the temporary 19% increase applied in 2023/24 and temporary 17% applied in 2024/25.

  • The second calculation is your General Rates Estimate with the projected rate peg of 4.5% only. This would be your General Rates Estimate if the Special Rate Variation increase is not approved, nor applied.

How to use the calculator

To use the Calculator:

  1. Select your land category - residential, business or farmland. 

  2. Insert the new land value from the Valuer General Notice of Valuation or your rates notice.

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