The 16th National Rating Day
Today's Event with over 300 seats sold! After 2 years of political statements and consultations, 2016 heralds reform of the non domestic rating system. This event will play a significant part in informing, discussing and identifying concerns with these reforms. If you do rating work, this is an event that is too important to miss. #NRDLondon
| Start Date | Venue | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2016 | Congress Centre, London |
Note: All prices are to be paid in GBP and are subject to VAT at the prevailing rate
In association with the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (IRRV)
The National Rating
Day has become an institution that practising rating valuers attend, not only
to update themselves on current topics, but also to network with colleagues and
contribute to helping shape changes for the future. The conference is always
popular, and speakers represent private
sector, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and from the appeal system.
The conference will focus upon Check, Challenge and Appeal, the 3 yearly Reval proposals, the 2017 Reval winners and losers, transition and devolution.
The Chancellor, in his budget, confirmed a number of rate reforms.
- From April 2017 for properties with an RV of £12,000 or less will pay no rates. Those with an RV between £12,000 and £15,000 will have taper relief; and between £18,000 and £51,000 there will be a marginally lower rate poundage charged.
- Government estimates that 600,000 small businesses will pay no business rates.
- Billing and collection is set to change with integration with the HMRC digital tax accounts system; and local authority billing across England will be standardised; and bills will in future be payable online by April 2017.
- There is an aspiration for revaluations to become 3 yearly, or less.
- The rate poundage will be linked to CPI rather than RPI
- Rates retention for Greater London Authority will become 100% from April 2017
How will these changes affect the 2017 Reval and beyond?
The day is both informative and addresses the emerging issues that affect the market, and as always will bring together the views of legislators and policy makers, practitioners, the Valuation Office Agency, and ratepayer advisers.
Speakers:
- Martin Davenport MRICS, Partner, Business Rates & Professional Advisory, President of The Rating Surveyors' Association, Hartnell Taylor Cook LLP
- Blake Penfold BSc FRICS MCIArb, Business Rates Consultant, Blake Penfold Consultancy
- Josh Myerson FRICS Dip.Rating IRRV (Hons), Head of Advisory, Montagu Evans LLP; Chair of the Rating Diploma Holders' Section of the RICS
- Andrew Hetherton MRICS IRRV (Hons) Cert Ed, Director, Andrew Hetherton Consulting Ltd; Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation Council Member
- Jerry Schurder FRICS FIRRV, Business Rates Policy Lead, Gerald Eve LLP
- Ian Charman FRICS FIRRV, Partner, Turner Morum LLP
- John Webber BSc FRICS Dip.Rating, Head of Rating, Colliers International
- Simon Griffin BSc (Hons) MRICS, Rating Director, Jones Lang LaSalle; Immediate Past President of The Rating Surveyors' Association
- Patrick Bond BSc (EM) FRICS Dip.Rating IRRV (Hons), Visiting Lecturer, City University Business School
- Paul Rabbette MRICS, Managing Director, Paul Rabbette Ltd Chartered Surveyors
- Andy Pickford, Director of Property, Tata Steel
- Simon Green, Head of Business Rates, Newmark UK; President IRRV
- Margaret Whitby, Policy and Strategy Team, Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
- Andrew Edwards, Policy and Strategy Team, Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
Programme
| Morning
session chaired by:
Martin Davenport, Partner, Business Rates & Professional Advisory, Vice President of The Rating Surveyors' Association, Hartnell Taylor Cook LLP |
| Rating, Politics and funding Local Government. NDR review |
| The
Government’s Reforms
Including devolution and rates retention, 3 yearly revaluations, CCA, structural review and small business relief |
| An
industry Response
A commentary response, including the Impact on business, advisers and local government |
| The
2017 Reval and beyond Winners and Losers - Impact assessment on bulk classes and the state of the markets at the AVD |
|
| Transitional Relief options |
| Afternoon
session chaired by:
Patrick Bond, Head of Commercial, Leisure and Civics,Valuation Office Agency (VOA) |
| The new regime – Check, Challenge, Appeal |
| Checking and Challenging |
| RSA
Retail Panels – The plans for 2017
How the RSA Retail Panels are going to operate in future - with check, challenge and appeal |
| Appealing |
| Changing to 3 yearly revaluations: The issues, challenges, implementation |
| The
consequences of the Woolway case (Re the Appeal of Woolway (VO) in the
Supreme Court |