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Business Ratepayers Consultation. The effect on our community. Rod Urquhart – 31 st January 2011. Changes in 2010. New Rating List from 1 April 2010 Small Business Rate Relief Scheme changed. Transitional Schemes New Multipliers Empty Rate threshold at £18,000 Rv for 2010/11.
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Business Ratepayers Consultation The effect on our community Rod Urquhart – 31st January 2011
Changes in 2010 • New Rating List from 1 April 2010 • Small Business Rate Relief Scheme changed. • Transitional Schemes • New Multipliers • Empty Rate threshold at £18,000 Rv for 2010/11
Small Business Rates Relief • Current take up rate is 99.00+% • Must be ratepayers only business within England (or other business premises must have RV of less than £2,600 not totalling £18,000 or more) • Eligible properties with an RV of £6,000 or below will get an automatic 100% relief from Oct 2010 to Sept 2011. After this date relief reverts to a maximum of 50%. • Eligible properties with an RV greater than £6,000 but less than £12,000 will receive relief on a sliding scale with each extra £120 of RV over the £6,000 threshold equating to 1% less relief • Eligible properties with an RV between £12,000 and £18,000 will pay their RV x lower multiplier (0.07p in the pound lower)
Empty Properties • Properties < £18000 RV are exempt in 2010/11 • De-minimus level of £2600 from 2011-12 • Exemptions still in place (Liquidation, Dec’d, Bankruptcy, Prohibited by Law etc) • Offices > £2600 RV liable for 100% charge after 3 months • Factories / Warehouses > £2600 RV liable for 100% charge after 6 months.
Multipliers & Transition for 2011/12 • Properties with a Rateable Value > £18000 = 43.3p • Small Business Rate Multiplier 42.6p • Transitional Relief is being reduced by 17.5% for Properties whose Rateable Value > 18000 & by 7.5% for Properties < 18000 Rateable Value • Transitional Premium is being reduced by 6.7% for Properties whose Rateable Value > 18000 & by 30% for Properties < 18000 Rateable Value
Other reliefs • Mandatory (Charitable) Relief • Mandatory Rural Settlement Relief • Discretionary top up Relief • Discretionary Relief • Hardship • S44a (Part Occupation)
Happy to help Please contact the Business rates team on 01842 756568 if you would like to discuss any individual cases.