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Business rates (National Non-Domestic Rates)Hardship reliefBusiness rates - March 2011business.rates@kirklees.gov.uk What is hardship relief? How is hardship relief calculated? How do I apply? Business rates - Contact details
The law allows us to reduce or remit the business rates for a property as long as we are satisfied that:
We can award hardship relief to a limited company, a person, or a group of people in the case of partnerships. You can apply for hardship relief if you are paying either occupied rates or empty property rates. You must provide evidence of your short term financial hardship and be able to demonstrate that your business rates cannot be met from other resources. We must consider the interests of everyone who pays council tax or business rates, and will only grant hardship relief in exceptional circumstances. When we decide whether to award relief, we must take into account many factors. These include:
We treat each case on an individual basis.
When we are making the decision we think about:
You can download and print off a hardship relief application form (PDF 69Kb)
You should fill in a separate form for each business rates account. Please make sure you provide any evidence we ask for on the application form as we can't consider your claim if we don't have all the information. Alternatively you can contact us and we'll send you the application form. |