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South Lanarkshire Council has launched a competition offering the chance to win a year’s free council tax for those who signed up to pay for council tax by direct debit by 1 April.
The authority confirmed that local residents who already paid using direct debit would be automatically entered into the draw.
Council tax in the area ranges from £611.67 for Band A with disabled relief to £2,697.45 for Band H and currently 57 per cent of residents in South Lanarkshire pay their council tax by direct debit. The competition has been run for the past 12 years.
Patrick Murphy, of South Lanarkshire Council: “As with most organisations who collect recurring bills the council encourages as many people as possible to pay by direct debit.
"As well as being by far the most effective way for recurring bills to be collected it also provides a safeguard for residents in both planning their household budget and in preventing them getting into financial difficult as it assists in ensuring payments will not be missed."
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