IRRV Alert - week ending 9th September 2022
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Challenging your Council Tax band
4 February 2022 — News story
Find out more about the circumstances in which you can challenge your Council Tax band.
Valuation Office Agency: graduate scheme 2022
4 October 2021 — Guidance
Opportunities for real estate graduates to build their surveying career as a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).
New Chief Executive appointed to lead Valuation Office Agency
10 September 2021 — News story
Jonathan Russell appointed as VOA’s Chief Executive.
New apprenticeship scheme recruitment goes live
28 May 2021 — News story
The VOA is now taking applications for its latest intake of surveying apprenticeships.
Leading the way - Stories to celebrate International Women’s Day
8 March 2021 — News story
To mark International Women’s Day, we’ll hear from three female leaders across the VOA as they talk about their careers and the challenges they’ve overcome.
Making it easier to provide rental information for multiple properties
27 January 2021 — News story
The Valuation Office Rating Contact scheme helps customers with more than 20 properties to submit rental information for Revaluation 2023.
Latest from the Valuation Office Agency
- Valuation Office Agency departmental spending over £25,000
- 7 September 2022
- Collection
- Valuation Office Agency: August 2022 transparency data
- 7 September 2022
- Transparency data
- How Council Tax works
- 7 September 2022
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Guidance and regulation
- Start paying Council Tax
- 22 January 2016
- Guidance
- How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax bands
- 17 March 2022
- Guidance
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News and communications
- Challenging your Council Tax band
- 4 February 2022
- News story
- New Chief Executive appointed to lead Valuation Office Agency
- 10 September 2021
- News story
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Research and statistics
- Local reference rents, listed by BRMA and property size (August 2022)
- 1 September 2022
- Research and analysis
- Council Tax: challenges and changes in England and Wales, March 2022
- 4 August 2022
- Official Statistics
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Policy papers and consultations
- Business rates: delivering more frequent revaluations
- 13 March 2018
- Consultation outcome
- Administration of business rates in England: interim findings
- 8 July 2015
- Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Valuation Office Agency: August 2022 transparency data
- 7 September 2022
- Transparency data
- HMRC and VOA: workforce management information, July 2022
- 31 August 2022
- Transparency data
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If you have a query about your case or any VOA services, the best way to get in touch or find the information you are looking for is through our Contact Form.
Our telephone service is available between 9.00am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Telephone:
03000 501501 (England)
03000 505505 (Wales / Cymru)
Media enquiries
If you have a media enquiry about the Valuation Office Agency, you can contact our press office using the details below. This service is only for journalists and our press office cannot help with customer service enquiries.
Email: voamediaenquiries@voa.gov.uk
Phone: 03000 543466
Our normal office hours are 9.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. Outside of this we will only respond to urgent media enquiries. Our duty press officer can be contacted on 07773 572114.
The VOA is bound by the rules of confidentiality and cannot discuss details of individual taxpayers or companies.
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We will acknowledge your request within three working days. If you have not had an acknowledgement please contact the VOA.