Check Challenge & Appeal Process

 The 2017 Rating list introduced the Check Challenge Appeal process  which has imposed greater resource pressures on clients.

The VOA has improved the system since its introduction and we can help navigate clients through the unavoidable early stages of the registration process.

As well as providing clients with expert advice, after the initial registration process is complete we can minimise client resource time by acting as your administrator. 

We have experience of presenting cases at Valuation Tribunal and The Lands Tribunal.

We have also appeared as expert witnesses at Magistrates Court.

 If any of your properties have undergone a redevelopment or refurbishment exercise since 2017, there is still the ability for the assessment to be reviewed and potentially deleted from the rating list. We have secured a number of deletions on behalf of clients many of which have been significantly backdated.

These exercises provide opportunities for large scale refunds of over paid rates. 

 Empty property rates are not a cost you should have to fully incur. Legislation and relevant case law has provided us with the means to create tailored solutions for your empty properties. 

All our solutions comply with the latest High Court test case requirements when mitigating this avoidable tax cost.   

Business rates is a specialist area of property taxation.

Business rate demands can be confusing, inconsistent and include complex calculations.

We can manage these liabilities and provide authorization for payment when needed.

With our expertise and specialist software we can ensure your rate demands are correct, and where incorrect challenge them on your behalf.