On 2 May 2010, at 14:56, Juliet Samuel wrote: > Cheers everyone. That might explain why it's hard to find what I was looking > for. >
Yep, the rates are set nationally, collected locally, and paid over to the government. > Hi Alex - cause trouble ? Never! > > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Abdul Hai <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wikipedia says that the councils collect the rate than send it off to the >> government which than sends it back. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_rates_in_England_and_Wales >> >> Support solar power in the developing world. >> http://www.everyclick.com/solaraid <http://www.everyclick.com/> >> http://www.solar-aid.org/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Alexander Hilton <[email protected]> >> *To:* "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" < >> [email protected]>; [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sun, 2 May, 2010 14:43:32 >> *Subject:* Re: [mySociety:public] Local govt business rates data? >> >> Juliet >> >> My understanding is that business rates are nationally set. Local >> authorities are allowed to exempt a small number of businesses or offer new >> business discounts, that sort of thing. Charities don't pay. councils >> collect the rates but only for the governemnt, they don't go into the >> council funds >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Juliet Samuel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I have just spent a while looking for some stats on local authorities' >>> business tax rates ("non-domestic rates") for the last ten years. I want to >>> compare how this particular tax rate has changed in a particular area (say, >>> Morley) over the last ten years. The only things that come up are either >>> grouped into large regional data (England, Wales, London etc) or are data on >>> council tax rates or on collection rates, etc. So does anyone know where one >>> might find a list non-domestic rates by local authority for the past five or >>> ten or fifteen years? >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Juliet >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list [email protected] >>> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >>> >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list [email protected] >> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public -- Ian Eiloart _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
