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Municipal Rates, Property Tax and Local Government Levy Administration

Property owners and businesses with large premises face rising municipal rates, service charges and local levies that are often billed inaccurately. This course explains how rates are valued and levied, how to read and challenge a municipal account, and how to manage the cost across a property portfolio. It is grounded in the realities of billing errors and valuation disputes that South African and regional ratepayers regularly face.

What you will be able to do

  • Explain how municipal property rates and service levies are valued and charged.
  • Read a municipal account and identify billing and valuation errors.
  • Lodge objections and appeals against property valuations and rates.
  • Manage rates and levy cost across a multi property portfolio.
  • Reconcile municipal charges to actual consumption and property use.
  • Budget and forecast local government charges for finance planning.

Course outline

  1. 01Municipal finance and the rates base
  2. 02Property valuation and the valuation roll
  3. 03Reading and checking the municipal account
  4. 04Objections, appeals and disputes
  5. 05Service charges and special levies
  6. 06Portfolio rates cost management
  7. 07Budgeting and forecasting local charges

Who should attend

Property finance managers, facilities managers, tax and rates administrators and finance staff responsible for premises and portfolio costs.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 18 Aug 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100
24 to 25 Aug 2026Pretoria2R10,000
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026Cape Town2R10,000
14 to 15 Sep 2026Online2US$900
21 to 22 Sep 2026Mozambique2US$1,100
28 to 29 Sep 2026Cairo2US$1,100
5 to 6 Oct 2026Accra2US$1,100
12 to 13 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100
19 to 20 Oct 2026Kigali2US$1,100
26 to 27 Oct 2026Nairobi2US$1,100
2 to 3 Nov 2026Durban2R10,000
9 to 10 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000
23 to 24 Nov 2026Mauritius2US$1,100
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Dubai2US$1,100
7 to 8 Dec 2026Lagos2US$1,100
14 to 15 Dec 2026Harare2US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026Kampala2US$1,100

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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