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 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 may stand a 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.
It is important to note that if a proposal to alter the rating list is submitted by you or an agent and the proposal is Acknowledged by the Valuation Office under no circumstances does this mean that your rateable value will be reduced.
Why use Duncan Regent Associates ?
Duncan Regent Associates offer two distinct types of service to business owners.
Standard Registration via the website allows you to check the entire appeals history since the year 2000 on your business premises and is completely FREE.
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Elite Registration via the website offers the following benefits:
1) We will check the entire appeals history since the year 2000 on your business premises and forward a full report to you in the post for your records.
2) We will submit proposals to alter the ratings list on behalf of your business up to the year 2020 and fully represent you throughout the entire appeal process.
3) We will act as your agents in relation to any and all matters that apply to your non-domestic rates with the Valuation Office.
4) We will represent you at any Tribunal Hearings that may be set for your business up to the year 2020.
5) We will monitor and advise you of any changes in legislation that allows us to claim on your behalf any reliefs or grants that may be due to your business.
6) We will liaise with your Local Council concerning any problems you may have in the future over your non-domestic rates bill.
7) We will act on your behalf in an attempt to claim back a refund of any upfront fees paid previously to other rating companies.
Three reasons to choose
Elite Registration:
1) Value for money.
2) We give you extra.
3) We're experts.
All of this for a cost of only £1.90 per week.
Registering will take only a couple of minutes and it will be the most beneficial couple of minutes you have spent in years.
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Can your business afford not to instruct Duncan Regent Associates ?
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