Business Rates

Important changes to unoccupied property rating from 01/04/08.

Your Business Rate bill is based on the rateable value of the property and the multiplier. You can pay your business rates online here.

The rateable value is set by the Valuation Officer who works for the Inland Revenue Valuation Agency, not the Council. The rateable value is based on the rental value for which a property could have been let on the open market on 1st April 2003 - plus the square footage, usage and location.

Business Rates collected by the council are paid into a central pool maintained by the Government. This money is then redistributed to local authorities on the basis of their population.

How to find out the rateable value of your business property

Contact the Valuation Officer at the following address.

The District Valuer
Valuation Office Agency
2nd floor, 1 Francis Grove
Wimbledon
SW19 4DT

Phone: 020 8276 8600
Fax: 020 8276 8698

Web Site: www.voa.gov.uk

Please note that the Valuation Office Agency Web Site has an on-line facility for determining rateable values.

How to pay your business rates

There are several ways you can pay your Business Rates, by direct debit or online. Find out how to make a payment.

View your Business Rates account online

You can now view your Business Rates account online. You can see what we are charging you, what you have paid to date, what your future instalments are, and when they are due.