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Category: <span>Business Rates</span>

Business Rates Agents Suspended by VOA

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) have announced the suspension of two business rates agents. These are Rateable Value Experts and Re-Rates UK. The VOA have not specified the exact reasons for the suspension and have simply said that they are investigating a potentially serious breach of their agent standards. While…

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VOA Warning on Business Rates Appeals

Don’t be caught by false claims on business rates appeal deadlines The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has issued a warning about false claims being made about the deadline for appealing the 2023 list for business rates. Some are claiming that the deadline is 30th June, however this is not true.…

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Holiday Lets Being Assessed for Business Rates

Some self-catering holiday let owners are being asked to provide trade information The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is contacting the owners of some self-catering holiday lets. The lets in question are ones that are currently being assessed for business rates. The VOA are looking for additional information about the income…

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Business Rates List Closes Soon

Beware of Rogue Business Rates Agents

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is urging businesses to protect themselves from rogue business rates agents. New rateable values for business properties came into effect in April 2023. Councils used these new values to calculate business rates bills. For more information, visit or recent insight – Business Rates List Closes…

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Tax Update April 2023

The main points of this month’s Tax Update have been covered in our Spring Budget Summary published on 18th March – to visit this Blog – CLICK HERE… There have been some other announcements of note in recent weeks: CLICK HERE for ‘New VAT Penalties’ CLICK HERE for ‘Business Rate…

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Business Rates List Closes Soon

Business Rates Relief Deadlines

Have you received your Business Rates Relief for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure from your Local Authority? We understand from various Clients that there is some disparity between Local Authorities when it comes to issuing rates bills for 2023-24. Some are automatically applying rate relief deductions, but equally a number aren’t.…

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Business Rates List Closes Soon

Business Rates List Closes Soon

The 2017 non domestic rating list is closing. This means that you have up until 31st March 2023 to check that the factual information the Valuations Office Agency (VOA) holds about your property on this list is correct, and to let them know if it isn’t (this is known as…

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