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Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 4 March 2015

Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.

• Types of business rates relief

  Some businesses in England are eligible for a reduction in their business…

• Small business rate relief

  You can get small business rate relief if: your property’s rateable value…

• Retail, hospitality and leisure relief

  You could qualify for retail, hospitality and leisure relief if your…

• Rural rate relief

  You could get rural rate relief if your business is in an eligible rural…

• Charitable rate relief

  You could get charitable rate relief if your property is mainly used for…

• Local newspaper relief

  You could get local newspaper relief if your property is used as office…

• Empty property relief

  If you get empty property relief, you do not have to pay business rates on…

• Improvement relief

  You might get improvement relief if you make certain improvements to your…

• Transitional relief

  Transitional relief limits how much your bill can change each year as a…

• Supporting small business relief

  You can get supporting small business relief if both of the following…

This measure increases the duty rates on alcohol manufactured in, or imported into, the UK by reference to the retail prices index (RPI).

• Updated: 8 March 2017

• Alcohol duty: rate changes

  Who is likely to be affected Businesses and individuals responsible for…

This tax information and impact note details the increase in Landfill Tax in line with Retail Price Index (RPI) for 2024 to 2025.

• Updated: 22 November 2023

You can no longer apply for a Help to Buy: Equity Loan - find out about interest rates and how to manage your Help to Buy: Equity Loan.

Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.

The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions

Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.

This tax information and impact note confirms an increase in the Vehile Excise Duty rates in line with the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

• Updated: 8 March 2017

This measure increases duty rates under the revised structure on all alcoholic products produced in, or imported into, the UK in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) and also increases the duty differential previously announced for Draught Relief from 1 August 2023.

• Updated: 7 July 2023

As announced at Autumn Budget 2021 both the standard and lower rates of Landfill Tax will increase from 1 April 2023 in line with the Retail Prices Index (RPI), rounded to the nearest 5 pence.

• Updated: 15 March 2023

The VMR sets out the statutory fees associated with various regulatory services provided by the VMD. The statutory fees and fee structure are implemented from 17 May 2024.

• Updated: 14 May 2024

Reforms to shared ownership rents for new shared owners including switching the maximum amount that shared ownership rents can increase by once a year from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) plus 0.5%, to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) plus 1%.

• Updated: 12 October 2023

Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services

How to apply for an exemption or compensation for a proportion of the indirect costs of funding the Contracts for Difference, renewables obligation and small scale feed-in tariffs.

On 10 July 2023, the Chancellor set out in a speech at Mansion House the government’s progress in delivering an open, green, and technologically advanced financial services sector that is globally competitive, while retainin…

• Updated: 19 July 2023

Find out about the types of fundraising donations that charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) can and cannot claim Gift Aid on.

• Updated: 22 October 2019

Information and transport topics of the Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill 2017.

• Updated: 22 February 2017

Find out how to use the Flat Rate Scheme, who can use it and how to apply to join the scheme.

• Updated: 29 March 2023

On 9 December, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a set of reforms to drive growth and competitiveness in the financial services sector.

• Updated: 9 December 2022