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The government is to extend business rates relief with a £1.5 billion fund

The Government is to extend business rates relief with a £1.5 billion fund targeted at those businesses unable to benefit from the current COVID-19 Support

  • Retail, hospitality and leisure businesses have not been paying any rates during the pandemic, as part of a 15 month-long relief which runs to the end of June this year.
  • However, many businesses ineligible for relief have been appealing for discounts on their rates bills, arguing the pandemic represented a “material change of circumstance”(MCC)
  • The government says the market-wide economic changes to property values, such as from COVID-19, can only be properly considered at general rates revaluations, and will therefore be legislating to rule out COVID-19 related MCC appeals.
  • Instead, the government will provide a £1.5 Billion pot across the country that will be distributed according to which sectors have suffered most economically, rather than on the basis of falls in property values. It says this will ensure the support is provided to businesses in England in the fastest and fairest way possible.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak Said:

“Our Priority throughout this crisis has been to protect jobs and livelihoods. Providing this extra support will get cash to businesses who need it most, quickly and fairly.

“By Providing more targeted support than the business rates appels system, our approach will help protect and supports jobs in businesses across the country, providing a further boost as we reopen the economy, emerge from the crisis, and build back better.

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