Business rates - collection process

Your Business Rates Bill

Non-Domestic Rates, or Business Rates, are collected by local authorities for central government. Business Rates mean businesses contribute towards the cost of providing local services. Each non-domestic property has a rateable value set by valuation officers of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). The VOA is an agency of the Inland Revenue. At the start of each financial year, we will send a Business Rates bill to everybody who is shown on the Non-Domestic Rating records as being responsible for payment.

We will send you a bill. The bill is worked out by multiplying your rateable value by the multiplier, which the Government sets each year for the whole of England.

We will amend the Non-Domestic Rating records where a change in liability occurs and issue an amended bill to you, normally within 10 working days of receiving the relevant information.

Each bill will allow payment to be made by monthly instalments on the 1st of the month and at least 14 days will be allowed before the first instalment is due.