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This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.
The Valuation Office Agency's (VOA) technical manual for the rating of business (non-domestic) property.
The Valuation Office Agency does not usually change your rateable value if your property is in a state of disrepair. There are however, exceptions to this.
This guidance is intended to support local authorities in administering the 2022/23 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief Scheme.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2023/24 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
This is a tool that allows local authorities to calculate their business rates levy or safety net for 2024 to 2025.
This guidance is intended to support local authorities in administering the COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF).
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2023 Supporting Small Business Relief scheme.
We have introduced a business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.
Guidance on the operation of expanded retail discount 2020 to 2021 coronavirus response, announced at Budget 2020.
Guidance for local authorities in administering the expanded retail discount 2021 to 2022 coronavirus response, announced at Budget 2021.
We have introduced a business rates holiday for nurseries.
This guidance is intended to support local authorities in administering the extension of transitional relief and Supporting Small Business (SSB) relief for small and medium properties announced at the Budget on 27 October 20…
This is a tool that allows local authorities to calculate their business rates levy or safety net for 2021 to 2022.
This guidance is intended to support local authorities in administering the business rates freeports relief scheme announced in the Budget on 3 March 2021.
Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.
This is a tool that allows local authorities to calculate their business rates levy or safety net for 2022 to 2023.
Business rates information letters are issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government at regular intervals throughout the year.
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