Businesses becoming responsible for rates
Case reference FOI2019/00204
Published 12 June 2019
Request
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I request that a copy of the following information: a full list of businesses and charities that have become responsible for business rates between the 1st-19th Feb 2019. I would like to know the full business name and address, date of liability and the property type.
Response
As you made your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the format of this response is formal in order to meet our legal requirements.
Although we hold information for the purpose of billing and collecting Business Rates, we do not keep a separate record of businesses becoming newly liable in the Guildford area, and our Business Rate records do not hold a new business or occupier flag. This is because whether a business is new or not has no bearing on the calculation of Business Rates. Liability records are created for a number of reasons in addition to occupiers moving in or out - for example changes in rateable value or rate relief. Because we do not have a start of liability flag (or a program to work them out) it is not possible to distinguish with 100 per cent certainty the records that you are requesting. Bearing this in mind the attached file has been checked to be as accurate as possible, but may still not be completely correct.
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