Business Rates
Whether you’re an owner occupier, have an operational portfolio or a landlord with vacant property, we can maximise rate savings for you.

Parkinson Commercial Property Consultants Chartered Surveyors are a Rating Consultancy regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) providing a national service across all sectors to advise occupiers, where possible on minimising their rates liability.

As with all taxation, business rates are a considerable expense to business occupiers. Occupiers are unwise to accept that the Valuation Office opinion of rateable value is correct and therefore, any rateable value assessment should be scrutinized. This is a specialist area and as such requires expert advice.

Tony Bellis, partner at Parkinson CPC has been involved with providing rating advice to businesses for more than 20 years and has also worked for the Valuation Office, effectively becoming "gamekeeper turned poacher". We employ qualified and thoroughly experienced surveyors with national and local experience of all localities.

The Rateable values of a commercial premises is assessed by the Valuation Office (VOA) which has a duty to accurately reflect the hypothetical passing rental at the antecedent valuation date (AVD) (two years before the start of the list i.e. for the 2010 rating list the AVD is 01/04/2008) between two unlinked parties in the market place. However the VOA do this on mass and very rarely are two properties are alike, therefore differences aren't picked up on and many day to day changes allow us to challenge the assessment for example roadworks, congestion charges and property alterations.

The current rating is effective from 1st April 2010 and has a duration of 5 years following which the next list (2015 Rating List) will start. Reductions in Rateable value can be backdated up to 01/4/2010 or whenever you started to pay the bill, if after this date. Rating appeals aren't just a matter of highlighting discrepancies in the assessment and therefore it is highly advised that occupiers use qualified and experienced surveyors to act on their behalf to maximize any reduction.

Parkinson CPC offer a free initial consuLtancy to assess whether or not a challenge to the rating assessment is advisable. If so, we work on a "no win no fee basis". Unless we negotiate a reduction in your rateable value, no fee is payable.

For further information on our Business Rates Services contact Tony Bellis on 01942 741800 or email tonyb@parkinsoncpc.com

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