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Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 2 May 2024

• 3/2024: Freeports, Investment Zones, Improvement and Film Studio Reliefs

  To: Chief Finance Officers of English Billing Authorities - For the…

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 21 March 2024

• 2/2024: Spring Budget 2024

  To: Chief Finance Officers of English Billing Authorities - For the…

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 14 February 2024

• 1/2024: Confirmation of business rates multipliers and relief information

  To: Chief Finance Officers of English Billing Authorities - For the…

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 15 December 2023

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 23 November 2023

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 1 November 2023

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 28 September 2023

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 31 March 2023

A new bill introduced today will support businesses by modernising the business rates system to incentivise property improvements.

• Updated: 29 March 2023

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 15 February 2023

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 21 December 2022

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 18 November 2022

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 17 August 2022

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 6 May 2022

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to pay under tough new measures.

• Updated: 14 January 2022

A revaluation of business rates will no longer take place in 2021 to help reduce uncertainty for firms affected by the impacts of coronavirus.

• Updated: 6 May 2020

Businesses expected to receive almost £10 billion in business rate relief as part of the government’s support for the economy during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Updated: 22 April 2020

Councils will be allowed to defer £2.6 billion in business rates payments to central government, and £850 million in social care grants will be paid up front this month.

• Updated: 16 April 2020

Business rates information letters are issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government at regular intervals throughout the year.

• Updated: 2 April 2020

Plans announced to help home-buyers and renters, devolve power and funding to communities and improve building safety.

• Updated: 19 December 2019