Rating bulletin Q1 2025

In this latest edition we will be confirming the rate poundages, transitional relief and other reliefs that may be available to you when calculating your liability from 1 April 2025.

We will also be reviewing the Government’s discussion paper ‘Transforming Business Rates’ published alongside the Budget in October 2024.

Our view
“We expect that a guillotine may be introduced to curtail the submissions of challenges to current assessments. We urge ratepayers, if they have not already done so to consider their assessments. We will be happy to provide an overview upon any assessments and the likelihood of successfully challenging those assessments. It is important that the current 2023 assessments are kept to a minimum to maximise relief from any future transitional relief scheme.”
Gareth Buckley, Cluttons head of rating.

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