Industry divided on impact of Valuation Office Agency's new business rates appeal system

摘要

The appeals figures for the first full financial year of the new 'Check, Challenge, Appeal' system reveal some dramatic changes.On the one hand, 89% fewer business rates valuation appeals were made compared with the financial year ending in April 2017. On the other, in the same financial year there was a 60% increase in successfully settled appeals compared with the first full financial year after the 2010 revaluation.