Business rates
Businesses and other occupiers of non-domestic properties pay Non-Domestic Rates (generally known as Business Rates). These pages provide information on how business rates are calculated and where your money goes after it has been collected.
Business rates are collected by Salford City Council and paid into the ‘Central Government Pool’. Rates income is then redistributed to local authorities according to their local population. The money is put towards the cost of local services but, unlike council tax, there is no direct link between the rate charge and the services provided.
Salford City Council does not have any control over the level of the rate charge on properties within the city. The rate charge is based on a property’s rateable value as assessed by the Valuation Office, an agency of the Inland Revenue.
The rateable value is multiplied by the rate in the £ (sometimes referred to as ‘the multiplier’) which is set by central government each year, usually in line with inflation, unless there is a revaluation-taking place. Transition arrangements may also apply to some properties and can affect the amount payable (see below).
Until 31 March 1990 the cost of local services were covered by General Rates, which were collected from both domestic and commercial occupiers.
From 1 April 1990, a ‘community charge’ was introduced to replace domestic rates (the community charge was replaced in 1993 by council tax) and the National Non-Domestic Rate (or Business Rate) was applied to commercial property.
Rateable Value Review
The original rating list came into effect on 1 April 1990 with revaluations taking place in 1995, 2000 and 2005; the next is due in 2010.
Transitional Relief
Transition was introduced in 1990 to limit the level of increases and reductions ratepayers faced in the change over to Business Rates from General Rates. These provisions have also continued in order to reduce the impact of the revaluations taking place in 1995, 2000 and 2005.
Downloadable documents
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
Who to contact
- Name
- Business Rates Team
- Address
- Customer and Support Services
Civic Centre
Unity House
Swinton
SALFORD
M27 5AW - Telephone
- 0161-793 3390
- business.rates@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 05 February 2008
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