National Rating Day 2014
The National Rating Day has become an institution that practicing rating valuers attend. This is a year of reform and change, the event will play a significant part in informing, discussing and identifying concerns of those reforms. If you do rating work, this is an event that is too important to miss.
| Start Date | Venue | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2014 | London |
Note: All prices are to be paid in GBP and are subject to VAT at the prevailing rate
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The National Rating Day has become an institution that practicing rating valuers should attend, not only to update themselves on current topics, but also to network with colleagues and contribute to help shape changes for the future. The conference is always well attended by a large number of delegates, and also has leading practitioners from both the private sector and the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) speaking.
As always, we bring together legislators and policy makers, practitioners, the Valuation Office Agency, and rate payer advisors.
This year is poignant. Pressure from trade and professional organisations that business rates are no longer fit for purpose, and with the clamour of criticism of the proposal/appeals system, the Government is now listening. The autumn statement featured a number of planned changes, and the launch of a consultation, with an implementation date of 1 October 2014. And on 13th February 2014 a further announcement was made concerning a review of business rates administration.
Speakers
- Andrew Hetherton MRICS IRRV (Hons) Cert Ed, Director, Andrew Hetherton Consulting Ltd; Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation Council Member
- Jon Rowney, Executive Director Corporate Services, London Borough of Camden
- Patrick Bond BSc (EM) FRICS Dip.Rating IRRV (Hons), Visiting Lecturer, City University Business School
- Blake Penfold BSc FRICS MCIArb, Business Rates Consultant, Blake Penfold Consultancy
- Paul Francis FRICS, Retired - Surveyor Member of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
- Professor Graham John Zellick CBE QC FAcSS, President - Retired, Valuation Tribunal for England
- Mary Hardman IRRV (Hons) FRICS, Chief Valuer, Valuation Office Agency
- Jerry Schurder FRICS FIRRV, Business Rates Policy Lead, Gerald Eve LLP
- Dan Kolinsky KC, Barrister, Landmark Chambers
Programme
Welcome & Introduction by the conference chairman
Keynote: Funding Local Government; Are Non-domestic Rates Sustainable? - Richard Harbord
- Strategic issues
- Is a 50% multiplier of rateable value fair and sustainable?
- Other income generators: do they work? Unintended consequences
- More money from central government?
Rates Retention – The Impact
Filling the Void – Two Years Till The Next Reval
- MCCs – traditionally proposals are made for negative MCCs, but should local authorities seek positive MCCs?
- What are MCCs?
- Opportunities for ratepayers – vacant properties; repair and refurbishment; competitor openings; growth of e-commerce; obsolescence; and other potential MCCs
A Modern, Transparent And Efficient Appeals Process
- The Upper Tribunal’s expectations of a surveyor as expert witness
- How the VOA will deliver the new system
- The role of the VTE in delivering the new system
Equating Best Practice on Appeals into Practice
- Current policy developments in business rates
- Will it work? If not, what needs to change?
- Questions and Debate
Case Law
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