Music Venues: Business Rates
Commons · Question 39204 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the report by the Music Venue Trust entitled Annual Report 2024, published on 24 January 2025, on the potential impact
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 26 Mar 2025
As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, including grassroots music venues, with rateable values below £500,000 from 2026-27. This permanent ta...