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Business rates (National Non-Domestic Rates)Small businessesBusiness rates - March 2011business.rates@kirklees.gov.uk Important news for your small business What is small business rate relief? Will my business qualify for small business rate relief? How do I apply for small business rate relief? How often will I have to apply for this relief? What changes should I tell the council about? Business rates - Contact details
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced extra help for small businesses.
The current temporary increase in Small Business Rate Relief, which started on 1 October 2010 and was due to end on 30 September 2011, will now continue for a further year from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012. This measure doubles the usual rate of relief so businesses with rateable values below £6,000 pay no rates at all for the period, while businesses with rateable values between £6,000 and not more than £12,000 receive tapered relief from 100% - 0%. There are no other changes to the scheme and the government has confirmed it will meet the costs of the increased levels of relief. If you currently receive small business rates relief - You don't need to do anything. Once the legislation is in place, we will send you a revised bill. In the meantime, you must continue to pay your current instalments, if you have any.
In 2005 the Government set up a rate relief system to help small businesses.
Eligible businesses with a rateable value of £6,000 or less can claim a 50% discount on their business rates. If your business has a rateable value of between £6,001 - £12,000, this discount will decrease on a sliding scale of roughly 1% for every £120 your rateable value is over £6,000. The scheme is funded by a supplement to the business rates bill of those businesses which don't qualify for the relief. Businesses that have a rateable value of between £12,001 and £18,000 may be able to pay their business rates without this supplement included. This is known as the 'buffer zone'. Temporary changes to the small business rates relief scheme means the amount of relief you could get is doubled until 30 September 2012.
To qualify for relief and/or the reduced multiplier, a business must:
We can only award the relief to the main property. The additional properties will not qualify for small business relief.
To apply, you need to fill in the official application form, which also gives more information about the scheme.
Download the Small business relief application form (PDF 43kb) Please make sure you provide any evidence we ask for on the application form as this will help us to make our decision quicker. If we grant your application, provided you continue to satisfy the conditions for relief which apply, you will not need to re-apply for relief until the next revaluation period. We need to know certain changes in your circumstances to make sure you pay the right amount about (other changes will be picked up by us).
The changes which you must tell us are:
Provided you tell us about these changes within four weeks, there will be no interruption to your entitlement to the relief. |