Rating Valuation: Principles and Practice

Patrick H. Bond is Head of Rating Valuation at the Valuation Office Agency and a former valuation officer. He is a visiting lecturer at Cass Business School, City University, UK, and a well-known speaker on Rating Valuation. He is currently President of the Rating Surveyors' Association. Peter K. Brown is a former Professor of Property Taxation at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and a former David C. Lincoln Research Fellow, Lincoln Land institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was a member of the second Wood Committee looking into the rateability of plant and machinery. He is also a regular speaker at conferences and contributes to articles in the professional press.

1. Introduction 2. The Rateable Occupier 3. The Heriditament 4. The Domestic/Non-Domestic Borderline 5. Exemption and Reliefs 6. The Basis of Valuation 7. Rental Analysis and Valuation 8. The Contractor's Basis 9. Receipts and Expenditure 10. The Valuation of Shops 11. The Valuation of Offices 12. The Valuation of Factories, Workshops and Warehouses 13. The Valuation of Plant and Machinery 14. The Valuation of other types of Property 15. The 2010 Rating Lists: preparation, alteration and appeals 16. Rating Administration, Collection and Enforcement 17. The Empty Property Rate 18. The Council Tax