Check Challenge Appeal was introduced with effect from the 2017 rating list in England & the 2023 list in Wales.

CCA Registration Process

Part 1 'Registering' 

• Please click the following link which takes you to the .gov website https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/business-rates-property-linking/

• Once you have clicked on the above link, scroll down to ‘Which Type of Account Would you Like to Create?’. Choose ‘Organisation’ .  

• You will then be asked to enter your details and be asked for your Passport No/N.I number to verify your identity.  

Part 2 – 'Property Linking'

• Once registered, your properties then need linking/claiming. To complete this process you will require a current rates demand or utility bill.

• Find your business rates valuation on the website. You can search by postcode. 

• The current rates bill for your property needs to be scanned to desktop as a PDF and uploaded as confirmed by the Valuation Office Agency website.

Part 3 – 'Appoint 'Rates Ease' as your Acting Agent'

• Assign your properties which have been claimed to Rates Ease.  To complete this process, you should click ‘Home’ on your Dashboard and scroll down to ‘Agents’. 

• Click on ‘Appoint an Agent’, enter our Agent Code of '392661', 

• Click Yes to Submit Checks and Yes to Submit Challenges then Continue.