Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 October 2012
26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he intends to take to review the valuation process in relation to business rates, with particular reference to enhancing the appeals process which prevents a business which has been assessed in error from being reviewed, if the original applicant did not appeal it in the first instance. [41289/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe matter to which the Deputy refers is provided for in the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2012 which was approved for publication by the Government on 3rd August and the primary purpose of which is to introduce amendments to the legislation which underpins the rateable valuation system on which commercial rates are collected.
Among the new features in the Bill, the circumstances outlined by the Deputy are addressed in a provision that where a revision manager decides not to revise a valuation on the basis that a material change of circumstances which warrants the carrying out of a revision has not occurred, the occupier has a right to make representations to the Commissioner of Valuation within 40 days of the revision manager’s decision and the Commissioner may, depending on the particular circumstances, amend the valuation or any other detail appearing on the list that in the opinion of the Commissioner is inaccurate.
