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Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill
A Bill to require small business rate relief payments to be made automatically; and for connected purposes.
In progress
Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)
The story so farThe Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 21 January 2009 by Peter Luff (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.
What the bill does
Businesses and other occupiers of non-domestic properties pay business rates to contribute to the cost of local authority services. A rate relief system for small businesses is in place in England (with different systems in place in Scotland and Wales), which gives relief to businesses which occupy one property with a rateable value below a certain threshold. Business ratepayers currently have to apply for small business rate relief once every five years, provided that their circumstances have not changed in the interim period. This Bill would make the payment of the relief to small businesses automatic.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 21 Jan 2009
- 2nd reading Commons 6 Mar 2009
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 29 Oct 2009.