IRRV Alert - week ending 6th December 2013

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Autumn Statement 2013 - and Business Rate Proposals

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263575/Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf

 

 

Property tax

 

2.101 Business rates: indexation – The government will cap the RPI increase in business rates at 2% for 1 year from 1 April 2014. (17)

 

2.102 Business rates: discount – The government will introduce a business rates discount of £1,000 for retail and food and drink premises with a rateable value below £50,000 for 2 years up to the state aid limits from 1 April 2014. (18)

 

2.103 Business rates: reoccupation relief – The government will introduce a 50% business rates relief for 18 months up to the state aid limits for businesses that move into retail premises that have been empty for a year or more. Businesses which move into empty premises between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2016 will be eligible for the relief. (19)

 

2.104 Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) – The government will extend the doubling of SBRR for a further year from 1 April 2014. (15)

 

2.105 Small Business Rate Relief on second properties – The government will relax the SBRR rules to allow businesses in receipt of SBRR taking on an additional property to retain SBRR on the first property for 1 year, with effect from 1 April 2014. (16)

 

2.106 Business rates: payment – The government will allow businesses to pay business rates over 12 months rather than 10 months, with effect from 1 April 2014.

 

2.107 Business rates: appeals – The government will consult on reforms to the business rates appeals process and will commit to clear 95% of the September 2013 backlog of appeals before July 2015.

 

2.108 Business rates administration: longer-term reform – The government will publish a discussion paper in spring 2014 setting out the advantages and disadvantages of different 94 Autumn Statement 2013 options for longer-term reforms to business rates administration which maintain the aggregate tax yield.

 


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