{"id":398,"date":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slacc.wpengine.com\/index.php\/business-rates\/"},"modified":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","slug":"business-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/business-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Business rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tThere are still reliefs you may be able to claim that will reduce your business rates. The process depends on where you are based:<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Business rates relief in England<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tYou will need to apply for these reliefs at your local council:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tsmall business rate relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\trural rate relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tcharitable rate relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tenterprise zone relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tretail relief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tExempted buildings and empty buildings relief is automatically applied by your local council.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSome local councils give extra discounts. For example, you may be able to get hardship relief or transitional rate relief if your business meets certain criteria.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<strong>Business rates relief in Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tYour local council will automatically apply some reliefs, but you might need to complete an application form for other reliefs. You have to apply for the following discounts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tSmall Business Bonus Scheme<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFresh Start<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tNew Start<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRural rate relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCharitable rate relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDisabled persons relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tEnterprise Area relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRenewable energy generation relief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tSome local councils provide an additional hardship relief if your business meets certain criteria. Contact your local council to find out more. You should also contact them if you&#039;re not getting any reliefs you think you&#039;re entitled to, if your circumstances change or the property changes hands.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Business rates in Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSome premises will be exempt from business rates, while others may qualify for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tthe small business rates relief scheme<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tthe charitable and non-profit organisations rates relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\trelief on empty properties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tYour council can also grant hardship relief to businesses if they believe that it is in the interests of the local community to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Business rates in Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThere are a number of reliefs available to business ratepayers in Northern Ireland. These schemes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tSmall Business Rate Relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tEmpty Premises Relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSmall Business Rate Relief for small Post Offices<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCharitable Exemption<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSport and Recreation Rate Relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tResidential Homes Rate Relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tIndustrial Derating<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tNon-Domestic Vacant Rating<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHardship Relief<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAutomatic telling machines (ATMs) in rural areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tYou can find out more about eligibility and how to claim by talking with your local council.<\/p>\n<!-- -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are still reliefs you may be able to claim that will reduce your business rates. The process depends on where you are based: Business rates relief in England You will need to apply for these reliefs at your local council: small business rate relief rural rate relief charitable rate relief enterprise zone relief retail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slacc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}