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Business Rates: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 95878 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2025

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Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Budget 2025, HC1492, 26 November 2025, Box 3.H, and to the HMT document, Effects of the business rates retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers and high value multiplier of 26 November 2025,

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 4 Dec 2025

The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...