Deadline for challenging your business rates valuation
Request changes to your current valuation for business rates by 31 March. But make sure you leave enough time.
Anyone who pays business rates聽鈥� and thinks their current valuation is wrong聽鈥撀爄s being聽encouraged to sign up for a business rates valuation account.听听
If you do聽not聽have an account聽already, or have聽not聽used聽yours聽for some time, it can take 15聽working聽days to register and聽claim聽your property.聽
You have until 31 March to request changes to聽your聽current valuation by:聽
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checking the details the聽Valuation Office Agency (VOA)聽holds聽about your property聽
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telling聽the VOA聽if anything is wrong.
From 1 April, a new聽rating聽list and new valuations take聽effect聽and聽you will only be able to request changes to your new valuation.聽
The VOA聽has updated the rateable values of all non-domestic properties in England and Wales.聽This is known as a revaluation.听听
Revaluations are carried out every聽3聽years to reflect changes in the property market.听听
Requesting changes to your valuation聽
To request changes聽to your property鈥檚 current valuation, sign in to聽your聽business rates valuation account.听听
If you do not have an account, you should register now聽and claim your property.听听
It can take up to 15聽working聽days to complete the verification process and claim your property.听听聽
Any changes made to your 2023 valuation could result in your property鈥檚 rateable value going up or down. They may also affect your future valuation.聽
Signing in to your account聽
You will need a Government Gateway user ID and password or One Login account to sign into your account.听听
If your Government Gateway user ID has been inactive for聽3聽years or more, it may have been聽deleted聽for security reasons. In that case, you will have to create a new account and reclaim your property. This聽may take up to 15聽working聽days to process.聽
Support and further聽information on setting up an account are available on聽扒哥吃瓜.听听
More information聽
You can also see the future rateable value of your property聽without logging in,聽using our聽find a business rates valuation鈥痵ervice on 扒哥吃瓜.听听聽
Contact your local council if you have questions about:聽
- your business rates bill聽
- 谤别濒颈别蹿蝉听听
- payments
Read more about to your property valuation.听听
The Valuation Office Agency will be integrated into its parent department HMRC on 1 April 2026. This will not聽impact聽any live or future cases, or the way you use our services. You will be able to access your business rates valuation account as normal.
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