Welcome to National Non Domestic Rates

Tendring District Council collects National Non Domestic Rates (Business Rates) from around 7,600 ratepayers.

Businesses and other occupiers of non-domestic properties pay Non-Domestic Rates (also known as Business Rates) to directly contribute towards the costs of local authority services.

Many people believe that business rates are automatically spent by the local council. In fact, the money is paid into a national pool and then distributed back to local councils according to the number of people living in their areas.

Please contact our business rates team as detailed below. Please try to have your account number available, it will help us to answer your query more quickly.

Quick Links on our website

• How your bill has been worked out
• Pay your bill securely online
• Are you entitled to a reduction in your Bill?
• Got a question? Try our Frequently Asked Questions page
• More advice and business information from our business advice pages
• NNDR - request a copy bill

Links of Interest to other websites

Business Link is a free business advice and support service available on line and through local advisers. Details regarding business rates can also be found using this link to the Government's website. Use this link to check your rateable value, make an appeal and find other information. You can also check your neighbours rateable value for you to compare when checking your own.

Business Rates - Getting Professional Advice Leaflet (pdf) information supplied by the Valuation Office Agency.

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Chancellor's Autumn Statement - November 2011

Extension to Small Business Rate Relief

The chancellor has announced an extension to the increased small business rate relief scheme. The previous increased scheme was due to finish on 30 September 2012. However, the increased relief will now continue until 31 March 2013. Ratepayers who are currently receiving Small Business Rate Relief will have their bill for 2012-13 automatically updated to reflect these changes.

Deferral Scheme

The government proposes to introduce another deferral scheme where ratepayers can elect to defer 60% of the 5.6% increase in their 2012-2013 bills equally over the following two years. This scheme is optional and will not be available until after 1 April 2012. We will contact qualifying ratepayers inviting them to apply when the relevant legislation has been passed by the government and details regarding the scheme are known.

Our Service Charter

Our Service Charter for Business Rates (pdf)

The Provisional Multipliers for 2012-13

1. Under Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (the 1988 Act) as amended there are two multipliers. The small business non-domestic rating multiplier, which is applicable to those that qualify and apply for the small business relief, and the non-domestic rating multiplier, which includes the supplement to pay for the small business rate relief scheme.

2. The small business non-domestic multiplier is determined by Schedule 7 to the 1988 Act. These rules ensure that the small business multiplier in 2012-13 is based on the 2011-12 multiplier adjusted for RPI inflation for September 2011 (5.6%)

3. This provides a provisional small business non-domestic multiplier for 2012-13 of 45.0p.

4. Schedule 7 of the 1988 Act also provides that the non-domestic rating multiplier is the small business non-domestic multiplier plus an adjustment to fund the estimated cost of the small business rate relief scheme.

5. The Secretary of State has estimated that the supplement to fund small business rate relief should be at 0.8p for 2012-13.

6. The provisional non-domestic multiplier will therefore be 45.8p in 2012-13.

7. The additional costs arising from the temporary increase in the small business rate relief scheme are being met by central Government. There is therefore no adjustment to the multiplier to reflect the extension of the relief.

8. In accordance with Schedule 7 to the 1988 Act, the provisional multipliers will be confirmed after either the local government finance report for 2012-13 has been approved by Parliament or 1 March 2012.