Non-domestic rates - money off your bill

You may be able to get business rates relief to reduce your non‑domestic rates bill. The type and amount of relief you can receive depends on your property’s rateable value and how it’s used.

What you can do

In the related content section, you can:

• check what types of rates relief are available
• find out information about Subsidy control
• apply for a new relief
• complete your annual review
• submit evidence for an application you have already made

Your responsibilities

• tell us if your circumstances change, as this may affect the relief you receive

Subsidy control rules under Subsidy Control Act 2022

The following reliefs will be subject to the subsidy rules under the above regulations -

• Day nursery relief
• District heating relief
• Hospitality relief
• Licensed premises and music venues relief
• Renewable energy relief
• Retail, hospitality and leisure relief
• Rural relief
• Transitional relief for self-catering properties with short-term license

These reliefs may be offered as a Minimum Financial Assistance (MFA) subsidy under the Subsidy Control Act 2022. MFA is capped at a maximum of £315,000 over a three-period – cumulated over the current and previous two financial years.

To ensure that we comply with the subsidy regime, we may be required to cap relief at the MFA maximum limit. This may depend on:

• the level of other public sector assistance received by your entity
• whether or not you have an interest in any business with other properties, is in receipt of, or eligible for one of the existing rate relief schemes

You must consider whether you have already received support from any public sector body in the current financial year and the two financial years immediately preceding this. We will determine this from the completed Subsidy Information Declaration Form that is part of your application.

A written record must be kept for at least three years beginning with the date on which the MFA was given. This will enable you to respond to future requests from public authorities on how much MFA you have received and whether you have reached the cumulative threshold.

More information

• Short guide to Non-domestic rates
• Reforms to Non-domestic rates