Government Gateway for Business Rates

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One of the major changes for the 2017 Rating Revaluation is the introduction of a ‘Check, Challenge, Appeal’ (CCA) system procedure. To add to the complexity, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has recently set up a new Government Gateway portal for ratepayers and their professional representatives to register formal ‘Check’ and ‘Challenge’ applications.

We are keen to commence with your rates mitigation activities at an early stage, where appropriate. However, in order for us to do so there’s a complicated registration process you have to set-up and navigate first as individuals (we can help you complete this). Once correctly done, we can then take over the management and procedural parts of the Business Rates process and save you money.

Even if your business has an existing HMRC Government Gateway (GG) account you will still need to separately register for CCA at the dedicated VOA Gateway portal. 

Registration process

As your professional advisor we are here to assist you with the registration process.

• Personal data & contact registration –  For a GG User ID, you’ll need your UK Passport or UK Drivers License, P60 (or payslip) and a note of your NI Number.

• Business(es) registration – Only register the name of the company shown on the business rate demand, even if it’s not quite correct or has changed.

• Claiming each property you occupy – You’ll need to upload a copy of the rate demand, recent utility bill or lease to prove your business is connected to the property.

• Appointing your Agent – Our Agent Code is .      You can register us as your agent only after the properties are ‘claimed’ or ‘acknowledged’ by the VOA; which can be up to three days! So unfortunately you’ll have to wait before you can proceed further!