Successful Merger of Office Rating Assessments
We were recently instructed to merge a number of non-domestic rates assessments for office suites in Exeter.
The client approached our Rating team to see if we could help.
We submitted a check application to the VOA demonstrating how the suites were contiguous and occupied by the same tenant, thus in accordance with the leading case, Woolway v Mazars (2015).
Following the submission, the assessments have been successfully merged resulting in a reduction from the combined rateable value of £41,250 to a single rateable value of £33,500. The merger was backdated to the beginning of the 2017 List resulting in a rebate in excess of £23,000 for our client. If you occupy multiple units within a commercial premises, please get in touch to see if it would be possible to merge your non-domestic rates assessments to realise savings in liability.
