Quarterly return of Council Taxes and non-domestic rates

posted on 09 May 2019, updated on 09 May 2019

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published the requirements for the Quarterly return of Council Taxes and non-domestic rates (QRC) form, to be completed by local authorities, along with accompanying guidance notes.

In all there are five documents;

1)      QRC4: quarterly return of Council Taxes and non-domestic rates 2018 to 2019 - letter to local authorities

2)      QRC4: quarterly return of Council Taxes and non-domestic rates 2018 to 2019 - validation notes

3)      QRC4: quarterly return of Council Taxes and non-domestic rates 2018 to 2019 – guidance notes

4)      QRC4: quarterly return of Council Taxes and non-domestic rates 2018 to 2019 – bulk upload guidance notes

5)      QRC4: quarterly return of Council Taxes and non-domestic rates 2018 to 2019 – data preparation template

To be completed and returned to DELTA by Friday 10 May 2019, the QRC4 asks for information about the receipts of council taxes and non-domestic rates in the period 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019. The information required is used in the local authority components of the National Accounts compiled by the Office of National Statistics.


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