Policy paper

Administration of business rates in England: summary of responses

Government publishes summary of responses to discussion paper on business rates administration alongside interim findings.

• From: HM Treasury, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021), Valuation Office Agency, The Rt Hon David Gauke and Kris Hopkins
• Published: 10 December 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Administration of business rates in England: summary of responses

Ref: ISBN 978-1-910337-53-0, PU1724

PDF, 394 KB, 24 pages

Details

In April 2014, the government published a discussion paper on business rates administration in England. It received over 200 responses from local authorities, businesses, their representatives and individuals to this paper.

This document summarises the main messages from the responses under 4 main headings:

• How property is valued
• How often property is valued
• How rates bills are set and collected
• How information about ratepayers and business rates is provided and used

The key findings from the discussion paper and from the meetings held with officials from HM Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Valuation Office Agency have informed the government’s interim findings on business rates administration.

Published 10 December 2014