Consolidated Demand and Payment for Rates and/or Government Rent
1. How many individual demands can be consolidated into one demand?
There is no upper limit to the number of individual demands (or property accounts) which can be included in the Consolidated Demand. However, if you want to use this new service, you should have at least TEN individual property accounts in each Consolidated Demand.
2. Can any demands for rates and/or Government rent be consolidated?
Yes, even demands with different payer names can be consolidated.
3. In some cases, tenants/occupiers are liable to pay the rates/Government rent to the registered payer. Whenever there are changes in the rateable values or the amounts of rates/Government rent, the payer may provide a photocopy of the individual demands to the tenants/occupiers for information. After joining the new service, the registered payer of consolidated accounts will no longer receive the individual demands. How can he inform the tenants/occupiers of the changes?
Upon the annual general revaluation, we may provide notifications, showing the new rateable value and the quarterly rates and/or Government rent payable for each individual property on request (please see Sample of Consolidated Demand). These notifications will be delivered to the registered payer of a consolidated account in one batch. The payer may deliver these notifications to tenants/occupiers for information.
New rateable values may also be searched online at the Rating and Valuation Department's Homepage at www.rvd.gov.hk from March after the declaration of the new Valuation List and the Government Rent Roll to 31 May each year.
Payer can enquire the quarterly amount(s) payable and the balance of an individual property account using the Account Enquiries service at our homepage.
4. After joining the service, how can the registered payer obtain a separate payment record of an individual property for legal proceedings, or for apportionment of rates/Government rent in the sale of the property?
A registered payer may obtain a Statement of Rates and/or Government Rent for Individual Tenement by submitting an enquiry form to this department. The form (RVD 1015C) (pdf) 
can be obtained from the Department's Homepage or by calling 2150 8379.
5. How can a registered payer change the composition of properties in a consolidated account, e.g. add a property to the account or remove one from it?
A registered payer may complete and return the notification form (RVD 1015B) (pdf) to this department for processing. The form can be obtained from the Department's Homepage or by calling 2150 8379.