Consolidated Demand and Payment for Rates and/or Government Rent

1. What is a Consolidated Demand for rates and/or Government rent?

It is a demand issued by the Rating and Valuation Department quarterly by mail that consolidates the billing particulars of a number of demands for individual properties to facilitate payment. A demand schedule listing the billing details of the individual property accounts will be issued through e-mail to the payer.
2. 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.
3. What are the advantages of a Consolidated Demand to ratepayers?

i. Receive ONE single demand with all the information of the individual demands being consolidated, without having to wait for a number of individual demands which are to arrive separately at different times.

ii. Speed up payment processes as the total amounts of rates/Government rent payable for individual properties are already provided on the Consolidated Demand.

iii. Reduce the number of demands that you would have to settle individually and thus save your time.

iv. Save paper and in turn save the space required for storing individual demands.

v. The Consolidated Account payer will receive a soft copy of the demand schedule provided by e-mail quarterly. You can process the information in your computer for accounting purposes and carry out the task more efficiently. You may also request to receive a hard copy of the Demand Schedule free of charge. (Please see item 3 of the Application for Consolidated Demand for Rates and/or Government rent)

vi. In March each year after the completion of the annual General Revaluation, you will receive the soft copy as soon as the new Valuation List and the Government Rent Roll are declared. Hence, you can have more time to inform your tenants of any changes in the amounts of rates/Government rent payable if necessary.
4. Can any demands for rates and/or Government rent be consolidated?

Yes, even demands with different payer names can be consolidated.
5. 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 item 4 of the Application for Consolidated Demand for Rates and/or Government Rent). 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 http://www.rvd.gov.hk from March after the declaration of the new Valuation List and the Government Rent Roll to 31 May each year.

The amount(s) payable and the balance of an individual property account can be searched through internet : www.rvd.gov.hk.
6. 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.
7. 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.

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