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Business rates: information letters

These letters provide information about business rates issued by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Only applies to England.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Published: 11 October 2013
• Last updated: 19 November 2024 — See all updates

These business rates information letters are issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) at regular intervals throughout the year.

2024

• 4/2024: Autumn Budget 2024 - business rates measures
  • 19 November 2024
  • Correspondence
• 3/2024: Freeports, Investment Zones, Improvement and Film Studio Reliefs
  • 2 May 2024
  • Correspondence
• 2/2024: Spring Budget 2024
  • 21 March 2024
  • Correspondence
• 1/2024: Confirmation of business rates multipliers and relief information
  • 14 February 2024
  • Correspondence

2023

• 6/2023: Publication of Business Rates Relief information
  • 15 December 2023
  • Correspondence
• 5/2023: Autumn Statement business rates measures
  • 23 November 2023
  • Correspondence
• 4/2023: The Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023
  • 1 November 2023
  • Correspondence
• 3/2023: The Non-Domestic Rating Bill
  • 28 September 2023
  • Correspondence
• 2/2023: Introduction of the NDR Bill, 2023 Spring Budget, 2023/24 Heat Network Rate Relief Scheme Guidance
  • 31 March 2023
  • Correspondence
• 1/2023: confirmation of the multipliers for 2023 to 2024
  • 15 February 2023
  • Correspondence

2022

• 7/2022: Business rates guidance and general information
  • 21 December 2022
  • Correspondence
• 6/2022: Autumn Statement business rates measures
  • 18 November 2022
  • Correspondence
• 5/2022: Business rates general information
  • 17 August 2022
  • Correspondence
• 4/2022: Business rates revaluation 2023
  • 6 May 2022
  • Correspondence
• 3/2022: Bringing forward implementation of green rate reliefs by one year and the DELTA Data Collection Exercise
  • 24 March 2022
  • Guidance
• 2/2022: DELTA data collection, COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) local authority allocations and FAQs
  • 4 March 2022
  • Guidance
• 1/2022: confirmation of the multipliers for 2022 to 2023
  • 22 February 2022
  • Guidance

2021

• 9/2021: Business rates guidance
  • 20 December 2021
  • Guidance
• 8/2021: COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF)
  • 15 December 2021
  • Guidance
• 7/2021: Business Rates Review technical consultation
  • 2 December 2021
  • Guidance
• 6/2021: Business Rates Relief 2022 to 2023 and additional information
  • 1 November 2021
  • Guidance
• 5/2021: more frequent revaluations consultation and freeport guidance
  • 21 July 2021
  • Guidance
• 4/2021: legislation and 2021/22 business rates reliefs
  • 7 May 2021
  • Guidance
• 3/2021: targeted business rates support package
  • 25 March 2021
  • Guidance
• 2/2021: Budget and confirmation of the 2021/22 business rates multipliers
  • 4 March 2021
  • Guidance
• 1/2021: business rates - business rate reliefs 2021 to 2022
  • 3 February 2021
  • Guidance

2020

• 9/2020: business rates - 2023 revaluation, 2021/22 provisional multipliers and additional information
  • 15 December 2020
  • Guidance
• 8/2020: business rates - general information
  • 2 October 2020
  • Guidance
• 7/2020: coronavirus response: monitoring
  • 9 April 2020
  • Guidance
• 6/2020: coronavirus response and updated guidance
  • 2 April 2020
  • Correspondence
• 5/2020: coronavirus response and guidance
  • 26 March 2020
  • Guidance
• 4/2020: coronavirus response and guidance
  • 20 March 2020
  • Guidance
• 3/2020: Budget 2020
  • 13 March 2020
  • Guidance
• 2/2020: confirmation of the 2020 to 2021 business rates multipliers
  • 25 February 2020
  • Guidance
• 1/2020: rate reliefs and provisional 2020 to 2021 business rates multipliers
  • 27 January 2020
  • Guidance

2019

• 2/2019: business rates - general information
  • 22 July 2019
  • Guidance
• 1/2019: business rates - 2019 to 2020 multipliers
  • 15 February 2019
  • Guidance

2018

• 5/2018: business rates - general information
  • 6 December 2018
  • Guidance
• 4/2018: Autumn Budget 2018 and provisional multipliers for 2019 to 2020
  • 2 November 2018
  • Guidance
• 3/2018: Business Rates Bill and additional information
  • 8 May 2018
  • Guidance
• 2/2018: Spring Statement and business rate measures 2018
  • 15 March 2018
  • Guidance
• 1/2018: confirmation of the non-domestic rating multipliers and additional information
  • 9 February 2018
  • Guidance

2017

• 9/2017: administration
  • 22 December 2017
  • Guidance
• 8/2017: Autumn Budget
  • 24 November 2017
  • Correspondence
• 7/2017: better billing and digitalisation measures
  • 6 November 2017
  • Correspondence
• 6/2017: rural rate relief and business rates relief schemes
  • 25 October 2017
  • Correspondence
• 5/2017: small business rate relief
  • 20 September 2017
  • Guidance
• 4/2017: Spring Budget update
  • 20 June 2017
  • Guidance
• 3/2017: confirmation of 2017 to 2018 multipliers
  • 9 March 2017
  • Guidance
• 2/2017: Spring Budget – support for business
  • 9 March 2017
  • Guidance
• 1/2017: uprating of business rate relief thresholds
  • 24 January 2017
  • Guidance

2016

• 3/2016: Autumn Statement measures and 2017 revaluation
  • 20 December 2016
  • Guidance
• 2/2016: Budget 2016 - business rates
  • 4 April 2016
  • Guidance
• 1/2016: confirmation of multipliers
  • 16 February 2016
  • Guidance

2015

• 7/2015: Autumn Statement 2015
  • 16 December 2015
  • Guidance
• 6/2015: business rates Budget measures
  • 9 July 2015
  • Guidance
• 5/2015: business rates review and additional information
  • 18 March 2015
  • Guidance
• 4/2015: business rates retail relief increase
  • 4 March 2015
  • Guidance
• 3/2015: non-domestic rating multipliers for 2015 to 2016
  • 11 February 2015
  • Guidance
• 2/2015: publication of business rates changes
  • 4 February 2015
  • Guidance
• 1/2015: business rates and childcare providers
  • 14 January 2015
  • Guidance

2014

• 12/2014: admin review, your rateable value, business rates avoidance
  • 12 December 2014
  • Guidance
• 11/2014: Autumn Statement measures
  • 4 December 2014
  • Guidance
• 10/2014: business rates retention and shale oil and gas
  • 24 October 2014
  • Guidance
• 9/2014: Autumn Statement compensation
  • 3 July 2014
  • Guidance
• 8/2014: review of business rates administration
  • 11 April 2014
  • Guidance
• 7/2014: reoccupation relief and interest rate for 2014 to 2015
  • 2 April 2014
  • Guidance
• 6/2014: amendments to regulations
  • 13 March 2014
  • Guidance
• 5/2014: business rates: 12 monthly instalments
  • 28 February 2014
  • Guidance
• 4/2014: flooding business rate relief
  • 21 February 2014
  • Guidance
• 3/2014: flooding business rate relief, confirmation of the non-domestic rate multipliers
  • 17 February 2014
  • Guidance
• 2/2014: compensating authorities for tax changes, business rates retail relief discount guidance, demand notice regulations
  • 6 February 2014
  • Guidance
• 1/2014: Non-Domestic Rating Order 2014, shale gas, business rates appeal, payment of business rates bills
  • 27 January 2014
  • Guidance

2013

• 9/2013: Autumn Statement, 2014 to 2015 provisional multipliers, business rates appeal process consultation
  • 6 December 2013
  • Guidance
• 8/2013: business improvement districts (England) (amendment) regulations 2013 (no. 2265)
  • 19 September 2013
  • Guidance
• 7/2013: new build empty property relief consultation responses and government response, new build empty property guidance
  • 11 September 2013
  • Guidance
• 6/2013: consultation on property owners and business improvement districts, business rates retention pooling prospectus
  • 29 July 2013
  • Guidance
• 5/2013: new build empty property, High Court judgement, Lord Heseltine report
  • 13 June 2013
  • Guidance
• 4/2013: interest rate for 2013 to 2014, amendment to the Council Tax and non-domestic rating regulations
  • 8 April 2013
  • Guidance
• 3/2013: 2013 to 2014 national non-domestic rate multipliers, value of Q, costs of tax changes
  • 14 February 2013
  • Guidance
• 2/2013: demand notice regulations
  • 8 February 2013
  • Guidance
• 1/2013: amendments to the regulations, business rates retention
  • 16 January 2013
  • Guidance

2012

• Business rates information letter 11/2012
  • 6 December 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 10/2012
  • 22 November 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 9/2012
  • 18 October 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 8/2012
  • 12 September 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 7/2012
  • 17 July 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 6/2012
  • 10 April 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 5/2012
  • 20 March 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 4/2012
  • 5 March 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 3/2012
  • 14 February 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 2/2012
  • 27 January 2012
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 1/2012
  • 20 January 2012
  • Guidance

2011

• Business rates information letter 9/2011
  • 22 December 2011
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 8/2011
  • 20 December 2011
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 7/2011
  • 29 November 2011
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 6/2011
  • 21 November 2011
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 5/2011
  • 25 August 2011
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 4/2011
  • 8 July 2011
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 3/2011
  • 14 June 2011
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 2/2011
  • 23 March 2011
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 1/2011
  • 10 February 2011
  • Guidance

2010

• Business rates information letter 11/2010
  • 14 December 2010
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 10/2010
  • 28 October 2010
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 9/2010
  • 27 July 2010
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 8/2010
  • 30 June 2010
  • Guidance
• Business rates information letter 7/2010
  • 27 May 2010
  • Guidance

Published 11 October 2013
Last updated 19 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 19 November 2024

   Added 4/2024: Autumn Budget 2024 - business rates measures.

2. 2 May 2024

   Added 3/2024: Freeports, Investment Zones, Improvement and Film Studio Reliefs.

3. 21 March 2024

   Added 2/2024: Spring Budget 2024.

4. 14 February 2024

   Added 1/2024: Confirmation of business rates multipliers and relief information.

5. 15 December 2023

   Added 6/2023: Publication of Business Rates Relief information.

6. 23 November 2023

   Added 5/2023: Autumn Statement business rates measures.

7. 1 November 2023

   Added 4/2023: The Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023.

8. 28 September 2023

   Added 3/2023: The Non-Domestic Rating Bill.

9. 31 March 2023

   Added 2/2023: Introduction of the NDR Bill, 2023 Spring Budget, 2023/24 Heat Network Rate Relief Scheme Guidance

10. 15 February 2023

    Added 1/2023: confirmation of the multipliers for 2023 to 2024.

11. 21 December 2022

    Added 7/2022: Business rates guidance and general information.

12. 18 November 2022

    Added 6/2022: Autumn Statement business rates measures.

13. 17 August 2022

    Added 5/2022: Business rates general information.

14. 6 May 2022

    Added 4/2022: Business rates revaluation 2023.

15. 24 March 2022

    Added 3/2022: Bringing forward implementation of green rate reliefs by one year and the DELTA Data Collection Exercise.

16. 4 March 2022

    Added 2/2022: DELTA data collection, COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) local authority allocations and FAQs.

17. 22 February 2022

    Added 1/2022: confirmation of the multipliers for 2022 to 2023.

18. 20 December 2021

    Added 9/2021: Business rates guidance

19. 15 December 2021

    Added 8/2021: COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF)

20. 2 December 2021

    Added 7/2021: Business Rates Review technical consultation.

21. 1 November 2021

    Added 6/2021: Business Rates Relief 2022 to 2023 and additional information.

22. 21 July 2021

    Added 5/2021: more frequent revaluations consultation and freeport guidance

23. 7 May 2021

    Added 4/2021: legislation and 2021/22 business rates reliefs.

24. 25 March 2021

    Added 3/2021: targeted business rates support package.

25. 4 March 2021

    Added 2/2021: Budget and confirmation of the 2021/22 business rates multipliers.

26. 3 February 2021

    Added 1/2021: business rates - business rate reliefs 2021 to 2022

27. 15 December 2020

    Added 9/2020: business rates - 2023 revaluation, 2021/22 provisional multipliers and additional information.

28. 2 October 2020

    Added 8/2020: business rates - general information.

29. 9 April 2020

    Added 7/2020: coronavirus response: monitoring

30. 2 April 2020

    Added 6/2020: coronavirus response and updated guidance.

31. 26 March 2020

    Added 5/2020: coronavirus response and guidance.

32. 20 March 2020

    Added 4/2020: coronavirus response and guidance

33. 13 March 2020

    Added Business Rate Information Letter 3/2020: Budget 2020

34. 25 February 2020

    Added 2/2020: confirmation of the 2020 to 2021 business rates multipliers

35. 27 January 2020

    Added 1/2020: rate reliefs and provisional 2020 to 2021 business rates multipliers

36. 22 July 2019

    Added 2/2019: business rates - general information

37. 15 February 2019

    Added 1/2019: business rates - 2019 to 2020 multipliers

38. 6 December 2018

    Added 5/2018: business rates - general information.

39. 2 November 2018

    Added 4/2018: Autumn Budget 2018 and provisional multipliers for 2019 to 2020.

40. 8 May 2018

    Added 3/2018: Business Rates Bill and additional information.

41. 9 July 2015

    Added the 6/2015: business rates Budget measures letter.

42. 4 March 2015

    Added 4/2015: business rates retail relief increase.

43. 11 February 2015

    Added 3/2015: non-domestic rating multipliers for 2015 to 2016.

44. 4 February 2015

    Added 'Business rates information letter (2/2015)'.

45. 14 January 2015

    Added business rates information letter - 1/2015: business rates and childcare providers.

46. 12 December 2014

    Added '12/2014: admin review, your rateable value, business rates avoidance'.

47. 4 December 2014

    Added business rates information letter - 11/2014: Autumn Statement measures.

48. 24 October 2014

    Added letter 10/2014: business rates retention and shale oil and gas

49. 3 July 2014

    Added 9/2014: Autumn Statement compensation.

50. 11 April 2014

    Added 8/2014 business rates administration

51. 2 April 2014

    Added 7/2014: reoccupation relief and interest rate for 2014 to 2015

52. 13 March 2014

    Added business rates information letter (6/2014).

53. 28 February 2014

    Added business rates information letter (5/2014).

54. 21 February 2014

    Added business rates information letter (4/2014).

55. 17 February 2014

    Added business rates information letter (3/2014).

56. 6 February 2014

    Added business rates information letter (2/2014).

57. 27 January 2014

    Added Business Rates Information Letter (01/2014).

58. 6 December 2013

    Added: Business rates information letter 9/2013.

59. 11 October 2013

    First published.