21st May 2023
31st January 2022
VOA latest “Check Challenge Appeal” stats tell two different stories
The latest “Check Challenge Appeal” business rates appeal figures ending December 2021 show the Valuation Office Agency has had the highest ever success rate in resolving checks and challenges since the list began. Whilst this sounds... Continue reading
9th August 2020
Business rate appeals surge by almost 700 per cent in Q1
By Stuart Hicks. Director. The number of businesses appealing against business rates in the first quarter has surged, according to new Government figures. Business rate appeals have soared by 690% between April and June this... Continue reading
10th February 2020
Check Challenge Appeal statistics make grim reading for businesses
Business rates have been in the headlines the past few weeks right across the UK but the main focus has been on rate reliefs and some significant changes been voted through in Scotland. Perhaps the... Continue reading 9th September 2019
VOA figures reveal 100,000 business ratepayers using the CCA appeal system
New figures recently released by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) have revealed that ratepayers now using the new “Check, Challenge Appeal” system, registered 100,740 ‘Checks’ between 1st April 2017 and 30th June 2019, the first... Continue reading
3rd September 2018
Check Challenge Appeal progress stats released
Few people realise the statutory timescales that the VOA has to work to under the new “Check, Challenge, Appeal” regime so here they are: • Check – VOA has 12 months to respond… • Challenge... Continue reading 6th June 2018
Rating appeals drop by 90% after first year of CCA system
By Stuart Hicks, Director Business rate appeals have fallen 90% in the first full year of the new Check Challenge Appeal system, according to figures out. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) statistics reveal that there... Continue reading 2nd October 2017
Check Challenge Appeal – Motion of Regret is step in right direction
By Stuart Hicks, Director Rating was back in the political spotlight, briefly, with a recent debate in the House of Lords. It centres around a “Motion of Regret” that was tabled – this doesn’t seek... Continue reading 28th March 2017