Business Rates

 

Business Rates / Non-domestic Rates

The non-domestic rates / business rates collected by billing authorities are paid into a central pool and redistributed to county and county borough councils and police authorities. Your council and police authority use their shares of redistributed rate income, together with income from their council tax payers, revenue support grant provided by the National Assembly for Wales and certain other sums, to pay for the services they provide.

 

Forms to notify of your occupation or vacation:

Paying your NNDR/Business Rates

There are several ways you can pay your Council Tax or Business Rates (NNDR).

 

24-hour Automated Payments

  • For automated payments please ring 01446 736815.

On-Line Payments

Direct Debit

Payment may be made by Direct Debit from your bank or building society account.

Or alternatively

Please apply to the Director of Finance, I.C.T. & Property PO Box 49, Barry CF63 4YN.

Council Tax: Tel 01446 709564.

Business Rates/NNDR: Tel 01446 709299

 

At Council Offices

Payment may be made at the following Council Cash Offices free of charge using the swipe card provided:

 

Barry Cowbridge Penarth Llantwit Major
Civic Offices
Holton Road		 79 Eastgate West House
17 Stanwell Road		 4 Barons Close
Mon - Thurs
8:45am - 4:30pm
Friday
8:45am - 4:00pm		 Mon - Thurs
8:45am - 4:30pm
Friday
8:45am - 4:00pm
Closed 1:00pm - 2:00pm		 Mon - Thurs
8:45am - 4:30pm
Friday
8:45am - 4:00pm
Closed 1:00pm - 2:00pm		 Mon - Thurs
8:45am - 4:30pm
Friday
8:45am - 4:00pm
Closed 1:00pm - 2:00pm
 

Post Offices

Payment may be made at local Post Offices during normal business hours, free of charge, using the swipe card provided.

 

Postal Remittance

These should be addressed to the Director of Finance I.C.T. & Property, P.O. Box 49, Barry, CF63 4YN. Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to 'The Vale of Glamorgan Council', and crossed. They should not be addressed to an individual Officer.

 

Bank Giro Credit

It should be Co-operative Bank Plc, 16-17 High Street, Cardiff, CF10 1AX (Sort Code 08-90-03) quoting the Council's Account No. 61007220.

 

Master / Visa / Switch / Solo / Deltacard

Payment can be accepted using these cards, yearly or monthly, by letter, by phone (Council Tax: Tel 01446 709564 / Business Rates (NNDR): Tel 01446 709299) or at the Council Offices (Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry).

 

Problems with Payment

If you have difficulty in paying your Council Tax or Business Rates/NNDR, an arrangement can be made with you.

 

For further information you can telephone or write to:

Director of Finance I.C.T. & Property,

Civic Offices,

Holton Road,

Barry CF63 4RU

 

You can also contact us by telephone or email:

Council Tax: 01446 709564 / CouncilTax@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Business Rates/NNDR: 01446 709299 / NNDR@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

 

2005 Revaluation

Please note with effect from the 1st of April 2005 new rateable values have been used to calculate business rates. A rating list containing the Rateable Values of each business and in most cases a summary valuation can viewed on the Valuation Office Agency website at http://www.voa.gov.uk/

 

Rateable Value

The rateable value of non-domestic property is fixed in most cases by an independent valuation officer of the Valuation Office Agency. All non-domestic property is re-valued every five years. Since 1 April 2005, the rateable value of a property represents its annual open market rental value as at 1 April 2003. For composite properties which are partly domestic and partly non- domestic the rateable value relates to the non-domestic part only. The values of all property in respect of which rates are payable to your authority are shown in the local rating list, a copy of which may be inspected at

 

The Valuation Office,

Ty Rhodfa,

Ty Glas Road,

Llanishen,

Cardiff, CF4 5GR

VOA Helpline 0845 6021507,

http://www.voa.gov.uk/

 

or

 

The Vale of Glamorgan Council,

Civic Offices,

Holton Road,

Barry CF63 4RU

Email:  NNDR@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

 

Alteration of Rateable Value

The rateable value may alter if the valuation officer believes that the circumstances of the property have changed. The ratepayer (and certain others who have an interest in the property) may also in certain circumstances propose a change in value. If the ratepayer and the Valuation Officer do not agree the valuation within 3 months of the proposal being made, the matter will be referred as an appeal to a Valuation Tribunal. Further information about how to propose a change in rateable value is available from valuation offices.

VOA Helpline 0845 6021507

http://www.voa.gov.uk/

 

National Non-domestic Rating Multiplier

This is the rate in the pound by which the rateable value is multiplied to give the annual rate bill for a property. The multiplier set annually by the National Assembly for Wales, is the same for the whole of Wales and except in a revaluation year cannot rise by more than the rate of the increase in the retail prices index.

 

Proposals and Appeals

There are important changes being made to the rules surrounding the making of proposals or appeals against new Rateable Values for 1st April 2005.

 

Information about the circumstances in which a change in rateable value may be proposed and how such a proposal may be made is available from the local valuation office shown above. Further information about the new appeal arrangements may be obtained from The Vale of Glamorgan Council, or from the National Assembly for Wales, Local Taxation Team, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ or the Valuation Office Agency. Their website is http://www.voa.gov.uk/

 

Empty Property Rate

 

Business Rate liability of Empty Properties from April 2008

The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has proposed to reform empty property relief in order to provide an incentive to bring empty business properties back into use.  This reform has been introduced by WAG to help increase the supply of premises available to let, thereby reducing Business Rents and improving competitiveness.

 

What this means for your Business Rates liability?

From the 1st April 2008:

1.      If the empty property is classed as Commercial there will be a 3 month exempt period followed by a 100% charge.

2.      If the empty property is classed as Industrial there will be a 6 month exempt period followed by a 100% charge.

 

The charge will commence on the 1st April 2008 with the exempt periods starting on the 1st January 2008 or the 1st October 2007 respectively.

 

The exemptions from the charge are

  • The initial 3 or 6 month exempt period
  • Properties with a Rateable Value less than £2,200
  • Listed Buildings
  • Properties whose occupation is prohibited by law.

Can I ask that my property be removed from the Rating List?

As at present it is for the Valuation Officer to decide if the property should be held in the Rating List and the Rateable Value / Description which is appropriate.

 

Other information

Any future proposals or regulations will be applied to this website when they are received from the WAG.

 

Charitable and Discretionary Relief

Charities are entitled to relief from rates of any non- domestic property which is wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes. Relief is given at 80% of the rate bill. Billing authorities have discretion to remit all or part of the remaining 20% of a charity's bill on such property and can also give relief in respect of property occupied by certain bodies not established or conducted for profit. In addition to this and with effect from the 1st of April 2004 a mandatory rate relief of 80% is granted to community amateur sport clubs, provided that clubs are defined and registered as such with the Inland Revenue. For more information you can contact:

 

Inland Revenue,

Government Buildings,

Ty Glas Road,

Llanishen,

Cardiff,

CF14 5FP,

or via the Inland Revenue website:

www.hmrc.gov.uk.

National Assembly for Wales's Small Business Rate Relief

From 1 April 2007 occupiers of -

 

(a) certain hereditaments with a rateable value of £2,000 or less are entitled to rate relief at 50% of the full rate bill;

 

(b) certain hereditaments with a rateable value of more than £2,000 or but not more than £5,000 are entitled to rate relief at 25% of the full rate bill;

 

(c) post offices (and hereditaments which include a post office) with a rateable value of not more than £9,000 are entitled to rate relief at 100% of the full rate bill;

 

(d) post offices (and hereditaments which include a post office) with a rateable value of more than £9,000 but not more than £12,000 are entitled to rate relief at 50% of the full rate bill.

 

In cases of (a)(b) and (d) above, billing authorities have discretion to provide relief in respect of all or part of the remaining 50% or 75% as the case may be.

 

“Post Office” means a public post office within the meaning given by section 42(3) of the Postal Services Act 2000

 

The National Assembly for Wales’s Small Business Rate Relief Scheme identifies certain types of property, which cannot be granted this relief.

 

The list is Advertising Displays, Beach Huts, Telecommunication Units, Car Parks and Spaces, Crown Occupations, Billing or Precepting Authorities Occupations & Sewage Works.

 

If an Organisation currently receives Mandatory or Discretionary Relief (Charitable and other Organisations) this will not be detrimentally affected by the introduction of the scheme. This allows small organisations to continue to receive up to 100% rate relief they currently granted.

Problems with payment?

If you have difficulty in paying your Non Domestic Rate Account, an arrangement can be made with you. For further information you can telephone (01446) 709299 or Visit / write to

The Non Domestic Rate Section of the Finance Department at Civic Offices,

Holton Road,

Barry CF63 4RU.

Email NNDR@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Non Domestic Rate Remission

It is possible to apply to the Council for remission of the Business Rates. The Council requires reasons why the business should be supported having regard the interests of the Council Tax payers in its area. Audited accounts and supporting information is required to make a consideration. The application form required is below.

Contact

If you have any questions, or would like further information on your National Non-Domestic Rates bill then please contact:

 

Director of Finance I. C.T. & Property,

Civic Offices,

Holton Road,

Barry CF63 4RU

Tel:  (01446) 709299

Email: nndr@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk