Apply for a business rate refund

If you have overpaid business rates on your account, or if your circumstances have changed meaning you are in credit with your business rates, you can use this form to request a refund.

Completing this form does not guarantee that you will receive a refund. We will check your account to see if you are in credit and whether a refund can be issued.

If you owe business rates for previous years or you owe business rates on another account, we will be unable to give you a refund and the money will be used to go towards the amount you owe.

This form must be completed by the ratepayer or someone authorised to do so on their behalf.

This form will ask you to provide

Your business address and contact details
The full name of the ratepayer
The address for which you are requesting a refund (if different from your current business address)
Your business rates account reference
Sort code, account number and the name on the bank or building society account you would like us to send the refund to

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To provide this service Thanet District Council will collect and process personal information. We may check some of the information with other sources (e.g. government departments and other councils) to verify your identity and ensure that the information you have provided is accurate.

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Declaration

Please check the box below to confirm that you have read, understand and agree to the following statements before completing this form:

I confirm the information that I will give on this form will be correct and true.
I will notify you of any relevant changes within 21 days of the change.
I understand that if I give information that is false this could lead to a penalty or legal proceedings being taken against me.
I understand my data may be shared with other departments as permitted by law.
I confirm I am the ratepayer or someone authorised to accept this declaration on the ratepayer's behalf.

Your name(Required)

Position in the company or organisation(Required)

For example secretary, treasurer

About the business

Business rates account reference(Required)

You can find this on your business rates bill

Business name

Ratepayer's full name(Required)

Contact phone number(Required)

Business website address (if applicable)

Email address(Required)

Enter Email Confirm Email

Would you like to receive your business rates bills by email?(Required)

You can receive your business rates bills by email rather than post. We will send all future business rates bills to the email address you have given above. If you change your email address you must let us know straight away. You can opt out of this at any time at thanet.gov.uk/paperlessrates

Yes

No

Address of the property for which you are applying for the refund

Postcode(Required)

Search Postcode

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address(Required)

Address(Required)

House name or number Address line 1 Address line 2 Town or city Postcode

About the refund

Amount you are requesting to be refunded(Required)

Name of the account holder(s) to which the refund is to be sent to(Required)

Bank or building society name(Required)

Account number(Required)

Sort code(Required)

Please enter numbers only, for example 11-22-33

Do all the people responsible for paying business rates at this property give their consent for the refund to be sent to this bank account?(Required)

Yes

No

Other information

Please use this box to tell us any other information. If you have no further information to give, leave this box blank

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Staff ID