Business Rates Deferral Scheme Application Form Ratepayer Details Name

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Business Rates Deferral Scheme
Application form
Ratepayer details
Name

Address and reference number (which can be found on your bill) of the
property on which you wish to defer
Telephone
Fax
(where applicable)
Email
(where applicable)
Address for correspondence if different from the above
If you have more than one property in the same council area, you only
need to fill in one application form. Please put details in the
additional properties section of this form. If you have properties in
more than one council area, you will need to apply to each council
separately.
Declaration
As the ratepayer I wish to apply for deferral of payment of business
rates payable in respect of the financial year beginning on 1st April
2012.
Signature of the ratepayer / person authorised to sign)
……………………………………………….. Date : …………………………
Capacity of person signing ………………………………………………..
Additional Properties
Full address and reference numbers (which can be found on your bill)
of any additional properties on which you wish to defer.
If you have any other properties in this council area for which you
wish to seek deferral please copy this sheet and attach to your
application.
Notes
This form may be used for an application for deferral of payment of
non-domestic rates payable in respect of the financial year beginning
on 1st April 2012. Deferral may be applied for in respect of all
properties in respect of which non-domestic rates are payable in the
financial year beginning on 1st April 2012.
Where the ratepayer occupies more than one property within the area of
the billing authority, a single form should be used to apply for
deferral in respect of all of those properties.
To be automatically eligible for deferral ratepayers must satisfy the
following conditions:
1.
they must make an application for deferral to their local
authority on or before 31st March 2013
2.
they must not have discharged their 2012/13 rates liability in
full or be due to discharge their 2012/13 liability in full within
21 days of making their application
3.
they must not have lost the right to pay their 2012/13 rates bill
by instalments by or on the date of service of the application.
Where they have lost that right, it is for the billing authority to
decide whether to process the application and grant deferral. The
application must be signed by the ratepayer or a person authorised to
sign on behalf of the ratepayer.
Ratepayers should be aware that where payment of non-domestic rates
payable in respect of the financial year beginning on 1st April 2012
is deferred and subsequently the ratepayer ceases to be liable to pay
rates in respect of the property to which the deferral applies, the
full outstanding liability in respect of the 2012/13 financial year
will become due and the deferral will cease to have effect.
Similarly, where a ratepayer fails to pay any instalment due in
respect of the 2012 financial year, the billing authority serves a
notice in accordance with regulation 8(1) of the Non-Domestic Rating
(Collection and Enforcement) (Local List) Regulations 1989 and
subsequently the ratepayer loses their right to pay by instalments,
the deferral will cease to have effect.
Please return this form to:
Northampton Borough Council
The Guildhall
St Giles Square
Northampton
NN1 1DE