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Business rates (National Non-Domestic Rates)Recovering business ratesBusiness rates - March 2011business.rates@kirklees.gov.uk What if I can't afford to pay my business rates? Does the council follow a set procedure to recover business rates? I've received a liability order, what do I have to do? Why have you added costs to my bill? Can I arrange to repay the money I owe by instalments? What happens if I still don't pay my business rates? Business rates - Contact details
You should contact us as soon as possible, please do not ignore your bill.
The sooner you contact us the more we will be able to help you. We can spread your payments, check your bill is correct and, depending on your circumstances, we may be able to delay our recovery process. We will also be able to give you general debt advice and contact details of organisations who may be able to help you, free of charge, with your other bills. Businesses experiencing extreme financial hardship can apply for hardship relief to help them with their business rates bill.
We follow a set process to recover business rates, starting with sending you a bill.
Please make sure you pay as instructed and make your payments on, or before the due date - paying within the same month will not always avoid recovery action. We will send you a reminder if you are behind with your payments, but if you don't pay as instructed, you could lose the right to pay by instalments and the full amount for the year would be due immediately. If we have to send you a summons to the Magistrates Court, we will add costs for this action to your bill. More information: If you can't make a payment, or need to make an alternative payment arrangement, please contact us immediately. We may be able to prevent any recovery action. Our Business rates recovery policy (PDF 186Kb) outlines the level of service you can expect from us throughout the process.
You should contact us immediately to discuss your circumstances and agree a payment arrangement.
If you don't contact us, the liability order gives us powers to collect your debt using different methods such as:
We would prefer to discuss your account with you and help you to pay your bill. If we have to use one of the methods above we may add further costs to your bill.
We add costs to your bill to cover the extra expenses we have had for sending you reminders and applying to the Magistrates' Court for a summons for your outstanding account.
We may also add further costs to your bill if we need to use an alternative method to recover your debt.
Yes. If you are unable pay an amount we ask you to pay at any time, please contact us immediately.
We are always willing to listen, and after considering your financial circumstances, will try to come to a mutually acceptable payment arrangement.
We will try to recover the amount you owe using the methods available to us. Once we have exhausted these methods, or we think they will be unsuccessful we can apply to the Magistrates' Court for you to be committed to prison for a maximum of 90 days.
If we have to do this we will send you a committal summons. |
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