PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Non-domestic Rates: Rural Areas (24 October 2016)
Question Asked
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on extending Small Business Rate Relief to businesses that claim Rural Rate Relief.
Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Answer
Rural Rate Relief provides 50% mandatory relief from business rates. The hierarchy of reliefs requires that a ratepayer must be given Rural Rate Relief over Small Business Rate Relief. The government keeps all taxes under review.
Answered by:
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
31 October 2016
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