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Small business rate relief application

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  1. Introduction
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  2. Guidance notes
    1. Small business rate relief is available for ratepayers who pay an occupied non-domestic rate charge on properties which have a 2017 rateable value of less than £51,000.

      You do not need to be running a business to qualify and if you own a beach hut or caravan you can still apply.

      Empty properties and organisations in receipt of a mandatory relief (such as charity or rural rate relief) are not eligible for the scheme.

      For 2017/18 your bill will be calculated using the lower multiplier of 0.466 automatically (the standard multiplier is 0.479).

      Additional relief is available if the rateable value is below £15,000. To be eligible for the relief at your sole or main address you must occupy either:

      Or

      One main property and other additional properties providing those additional properties each have a 2017 rateable value below £2,900; and

      The combined rateable value of all occupied properties does not exceed £19,999

      How much relief is awarded?

      The additional relief is based on the rateable value of your property. Since 1 April 2017 this has been as follows:

      Relief awarded for rateable values:

      Rateable Value: Up to £12,000 - Relief awarded: 100%

      Rateable Value: Between £12,000 and £15,000 Relief awarded: The amount of relief is reduced on a sliding scale from 100% to 0%.

      For rateable values over £12,000 the amount of relief will decrease by 1% for every £30 of rateable value of £12,000 to £15,000

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