Ashfield District Council: Non-Domestic Rates (Business Rates)

Non-Domestic Rates (Business Rates)

Non-domestic rates (often called business rates) are the way in which businesses and other occupiers of non-domestic property contribute towards the costs of local authority services.

There are four key organisations involved in local government finance and each has a separate responsibility, these are:

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the National Assembly for Wales responsible for setting the overall government policy on local taxation
Valuation Office Agency assesses rateable values that are the basis for working out rates bills
Valuation Tribunals independent, judicial bodies that have power to deal with appeals relating to non-domestic rating (and council tax)
Local (billing) Authorities who are responsible for working out your rates bill, giving any relief's that may be due and for collecting the money

Ashfield District Council is your local authority which is responsible for collecting your business rates should you own a business within Ashfield. For more information on business rates within Ashfield you can contact the Revenues Division on 01623 457400.