VACANT PROPERTY BUSINESS RATES EXEMPTION

Gowlands provided Rating Consultancy services to McAleer & Rushe. McAleer & Rushe is one of the UK’s largest design and build construction and property companies. Our Rating Advisors provided a complete audit of the rating valuation matters and identified Exclusion from Non-domestic Vacant Rating as a critical relief that the Client was not getting. Our team helped McAleer & Rushe navigate the appeals process and successfully obtain the Exemption - a 100% reduction applied to the ratepayer account when calculating the Rates Liability.

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Gowlands provided the Client with the following services:

• Rating Valuation Reviews

• Opinions of Rateable Value (Net Annual Value)

• Consultancy services in respect to Exemptions & Reliefs

• Rating Valuation Appeals

• Appeals to Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland

• Relief for partly occupied property and listed buildings

• Budget planning

• Cash flow management

• Invoice approval

• Transactional calculations

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Key achievements are:

• Business Rates Savings – Annual savings In excess of £19,000

100%

Reduction