Small business rate relief
Who can get it?
- Small business rate relief is a new relief applicable from the 1st April 2005 for small businesses that occupy only one property in England and has a rateable value of less than £15,000 on 1st April 2005 or any further qualifying period
- All properties in England occupied by the ratepayer must be listed on the application form. For any particular day, the billing authority will disregard the rate payers occupation of an additional property in England where:
(a) its rateable value shown in the non domestic rating list for that day is not more that £2199 and
(b) the total value on that day of all the properties the ratepayer occupies in England is not more than £21,499 for a property situated in Greater London for £14,999 for a property outside Greater London.
- If the ratepayer occupies more than one property, their right to relief is dependent on the rateable values of the other properties they occupy. Where the ratepayer occupies properties in more than one area, if the rateable values of a property outside the area of the billing authority granting the relief goes up, the ratepayer must notify the billing authority of the increase which must be done in writing, four weeks of the change
How much relief will be given?
- Qualifying properties with a rateable value of not more than £5,000 will be entitled to 50% relief
- Qualifying properties with a rateable value more than £5,000 but less than £10,000 will have relief calculated on a sliding scale, reducing to nil at £10,000
- Qualifying properties with rateable values from £10,000 to £15,000 will not have a percentage relief but will have their bill calculated using the small business non-domestic rating multiplier.
How to apply for relief
- complete and sign application form below
- in writing to Salford City Council, Customer & Support Services, Business Rates, Unity House, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester M27 5AW
- or by email to business.rates@salford.gov.uk
Warning – It is a criminal offence for a ratepayer to give false information when making an application for a small business rate relief.
If your circumstances change after completing this form you should notify us immediately. Any dispute regarding the granting of relief may require further information to be requested in support of the application.
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This page was last updated on 09 June 2008
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