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Maintenance to Revenues and Benefits accounts

Revenues and Benefits online accounts and forms will be unavailable from 5 pm on 31 March 2025 until 3 April while we run our year end processes.  We apologise for the inconvenience.

Small business rate relief

Summary of small business rate relief available

The following two tables summarise the relief that is available: 

Relief available to small businesses from 1 April 2017

Rateable Value

From 1 April 2017

Less than or equal to £12,000

  • exempt from small business supplement
  • plus 100% relief

Greater than £12,000 and less than £15,001

  • exempt from small business supplement
  • relief granted on a tapering scale

Greater than or equal to £15,000 and less than £51,000

  • exempt from small business supplement


Relief available to small businesses 2016/17

Rateable Value

2016/17

Less than or equal to £6,000

  • exempt from small business supplement
  • plus 100% relief

Greater than £6,000 and less than £12,000

  • exempt from small business supplement
  • plus more than 1% for every £120 in rateable value

Greater than or equal to £12,000 and less than £18,000

  • exempt from small business supplement