Introduction

Businesses that occupy non-domestic premises pay non-domestic rates, often called business rates. The payments that a business makes help to fund local services provided by your local Council.

Business premises are given a rateable value that is set by the Valuation Office every 5 years. The amount of business rates payable is calculated using the rateable value and the multiplier, which is set and normally increased by the government every year. It is a fact that the business rates payable by any business are one of the largest outgoings a business will pay each and every year.

How we could help reduce you Rates

Contesting a property rateable value can be a very complex process, which is why most businesses will instruct a company like ours. Duncan Regent Associates can help you to appeal against your business rates without you having to spend valuable working time dealing with the Valuation Office. Our advisers have many years experience in negotiating the rateable values on a wide range of business premises, which could help your business to reduce one of your biggest overheads and help increase your business profits.

Achieving the best results for your business

If you have never submitted a proposal to alter the rating list for your premises there is a good chance that the current rateable value of your property is probably an approximate estimate. It is your legal right to contest the assessment and we could stand a very good chance of negotiating your rateable value. Don't forget - If the proposal is acknowledged by the Valuation Office and later the rateable value is reduced, the effective date of alteration could be backdated to the start of the current ratings list in which the appeal was lodged.

Can your business afford not to instruct Duncan Regent Associates ?

Contact us today and we could save you £££££'s.