Business Rates
Valuation Office
The web site gives help on Business Rates and will show the current Business Rate of any commercial property.
How is your bill calculated
Go to the Valuation Office to find and check your business rate valuation.
Business Rate relief
You can get small business rate relief if:
- your property’s rateable value is less than £15,000
- your business only uses one property – you may still be able to get relief if you use more
Contact your local council to apply for small business rate relief.
If the 2017 revaluation means you no longer get small business relief, your bill won’t increase by more than £50 a month from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.
What you get
You won’t pay business rates on a property with a rateable value of £12,000 or less.
For properties with a rateable value of £12,001 to £15,000, the rate of relief will go down gradually from 100% to 0%.
Examples
If your rateable value is £13,500, you’ll get 50% of your bill. If your rateable value is £14,000, you’ll get 33% off.
You have more than one property
When you get a second property, you’ll keep getting any existing relief on your main property for 12 months.
You can still get small business rate relief on your main property after this if both the following apply:
- none of your other properties have a rateable value above £2,899
- the total rateable value of all your properties is less than £20,000 (£28,000 in London)
You’re a small business but don’t qualify for relief
If your property in England has a rateable value below £51,000, your bill will be calculated using the small business multiplier, which is lower than the standard one. This is the case even if you don’t get small business rate relief.
The small business multiplier is 46.6p and the standard multiplier is 47.9p from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.
Local Council Business Rate Details
Find out details on how to pay your business rates, available discounts, reductions, relief and much more from the areas local councils.
