Business Rates
Transitional Arrangements
Limiting Bill Increases
Property values normally change a good deal between each revaluation. Transitional arrangements help to phase in the effects of these changes by limiting increases in bills.
To help pay for the limits on increases in bills, there also have to be limits on reductions in bills. Under the transition scheme, limits continue to apply to yearly increases and decreases until the full amount is due (rateable value times the appropriate multiplier).
The scheme applies only to the bill based on a property at the time of the revaluation. If there are any changes to the property after 1st April 2005, transitional arrangements will not normally apply to the part of a bill that relates to any increase in rateable value due to those changes. Any transitional adjustments are shown on the front of this bill.
Further information about transitional arrangements and other reliefs may be obtained from the Business Rates Section on 01933 231691or Business Link website .
Pages in Business Rates
- What are Business Rates?
- Methods of Payment
- Paying your Business Rates
- Business Rates Relief - Partly Occupied Property Relief
- Business Rates Relief - Small Business Rate Relief
- Business Rates Relief - Charity and Registered Community Amateur Sports Club Relief
- Business Rates Relief - Non-Profit Making Organisation Relief
- Business Rates Relief - Hardship Relief
- Unoccupied Property Rating
- Rateable Value - Valuation Office Agency
- Rateable Value - Rating Advisers
- National Non-Domestic Rating Multiplier
- You are here: Transitional Arrangements
- Billing Documents
- Account Enquiries - Moving into a Property
- Account Enquiries - Moving out of a Property
- Contacting Business Rates

