Transitional relief and small business support

In the 27 October 2021 budget, the government extended the transitional relief and supporting small business (SSB) scheme for one more year, until the end of the current revaluation cycle.

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Who benefits?

• Small properties (rateable value up to £20,000) – bill increases capped at 15%.
• Medium properties (rateable value up to £100,000) – bill increases capped at 25%.

Applies to properties with a rateable value up to £100,000 that were eligible for transitional relief or SSB in 2022-23.

Rateable value is based on 1 April 2017 or the substituted day for split/merged properties.

How to get this relief

No application needed - it will be automatically added to your bill.

Extension of transitional relief and supporting small business relief for small and medium properties 2022-23 (pdf 299 kb)