The National Non-Domestic Rate, NNDR or Business Rates, as they
are more commonly known, were introduced in 1990 to replace locally
set general rates.
Although Suffolk Coastal issues the bill and collects your
Business Rates, the total amount collected across the country goes
into a central rate pool for England. This is managed by the
Government's Department for Communities and Local Government, which
redistributes the funds to local authorities like Suffolk Coastal
and Suffolk County Council (as part of the annual formula grant
settlement) and other bodies like police and fire authorities.
This money goes towards paying for the services that local
authorities and these other bodies provide - all businesses benefit
from these services.
In this section ...
Your Business Rates
bill
Information about how your Business Rates
bill is calculated and the new transitional arrangements that came
into effect on 1 April 2010.
Rateable value
Information about the 2010 revaluation, how to find out your
rateable value and how to make an appeal to the Valuation Office
Agency (VOA).
Business Rates deferral
scheme
Scheme that allows you to spread the payment of increases in your
2009/2010 business rates bill over three years.
Business Rate
reliefs
Information about Small Business Rate
Relief and other rate reliefs.
Who pays Business
Rates?
Information about who has to pay Business
Rates and the types of property that are liable.
How to pay your Business
Rates
Details of the ways available for you to pay your Business
Rates.
What happens if I do not pay my Business
Rates?
Information about the steps Suffolk Coastal will take to recover
outstanding Business Rate payments.
Moving your business
If
you are moving into, out of or within the Suffolk Coastal area you
need to notify us.
Manage your Business Rates account
online
Sign-up to manage your Business Rates
account online.
Business Link website (new
window)
Comprehensive information about Business Rates is also available on
the Business Link website.
Contact us
For more information or enquiries about Business Rates you can
contact Suffolk Coastal’s Business Rates Team by:
Telephone: 01394 444546 or
444544,
Email:
businessrates@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk,
Fax: 01394 444247.
Business Rates Team,
Suffolk Coastal District Council,
Melton Hill,
Woodbridge IP12 1AU.