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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.
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties, like: shops…
Business rates are based on your property’s ‘rateable value’. This is an…
At revaluation, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) updates the rateable…
You may be able to get a discount from your local council on your business…
Your business rates could change if: you move or make changes to your…
You do not usually have to pay business rates for home-based businesses if…
In England and Wales, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) works out your…
Whether you pay business rates will depend on how many nights your…
Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.
Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.
Some businesses in England are eligible for a reduction in their business…
You can get small business rate relief if: your property’s rateable value…
You could qualify for retail, hospitality and leisure relief if your…
You could get rural rate relief if your business is in an eligible rural…
You could get charitable rate relief if your property is mainly used for…
You could get local newspaper relief if your property is used as office…
If you get empty property relief, you do not have to pay business rates on…
You might get improvement relief if you make certain improvements to your…
Transitional relief limits how much your bill can change each year as a…
You can get supporting small business relief if both of the following…
Councils can reduce or cancel your business rates bill with hardship…
If you’re starting up or relocating a business to an enterprise zone you…
A freeport is an area in which businesses are given a range of benefits to…
You can get heat networks relief if your property is only used or mainly…
Certain properties are exempt from business rates. You may not have to pay…
Local councils are responsible for sending business rates bills,…
How to find the rateable value of a business property: compare it with other properties and challenge your property’s rateable value if it’s in Wales.
Check the rateable value and report changes to your property in England: challenge your property’s rateable value if you disagree with it.
How to use a business rates valuation account to report changes to your business property or if you think your rateable value is too high.
Includes business rates, leases, renting, planning permission, waste, and energy certificates
Find out about your business rates bill, business rate relief or pay your bill through your local council
How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
What to expect when the Valuation Office Agency visit and measure non-domestic property.
You can claim money back if you think you've paid too much for your business rates - how you can compare what your paying to what similar properties are paying, who you should contact to claim
These letters provide information about business rates issued by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Only applies to England.
You can manage your business rates yourself. You do not have to use an agent or ask someone to help you.
Get an account so you can tell the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) about changes to your property or if you think your rateable value is too high.
This collection brings together all documents relating to business rates retention.
Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.
This collection brings together the annual business rate retention accounts.
We have introduced a business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.
In England and Wales your local property tax will be either Council Tax or business rates (sometimes referred to as non-domestic rates).
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