Apply for a business rate refund 1Using the form2Declaration3About the business4About the refund5Other information 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. We can only issue refunds to the account that matches the ratepayer’s name or the agent acting 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. Please have this information ready as pages time-out after one hour. Do not use your browser back button – if you need to go to a previous page click on the previous button at the bottom of each page. Privacy Statement Dover District Council is a Data Controller under GDPR. In submitting this form we will collect and process your personal data. For information about your rights and how the Council uses your data, please view our Corporate and relevant service privacy notice which can be found on our Privacy page. DeclarationPlease 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. Declaration(Required) I understand and accept the above declarationYour name(Required)Position in the company or organisation(Required)For example secretary, treasurer About the businessBusiness rates account reference(Required)You can find this on your business rates billBusiness nameRatepayer's full name(Required)Contact phone number(Required)Business website address (if applicable)Email address(Required) Enter email address Confirm email address 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 dover.gov.uk/paperlessrates Yes No Address of the property for which you are applying for the refundProperty address(Required) Address line 1 Address line 2 Town or city Postcode About the refundWe can only issue refunds to the account that matches the ratepayer’s name or the agent acting on their behalf.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 11-22-33Do 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 informationPlease use this box to tell us any other informationIf you have no further information to give, leave this box blank.
