Business Rates Multiplier

From 1st April 2005 there are two multipliers; the standard non-domestic rating multiplier and the small business non-domestic rating multiplier. The former is higher to pay for small business rate relief. The Government sets the multipliers for each financial year for the whole of England. The Government normally changes both multipliers every year in line with inflation. By law, the multipliers cannot go up by more than the rate of inflation apart from some minor adjustments to counteract losses from appeals and, in relation to the standard multiplier, to pay for small business rate relief. In the year of a revaluation it is set at a level which will keep the total amount raised in rates after the revaluation the same as before, plus inflation for that year.

The multipliers for the financial year 2011/12 are as follows:

Small business multiplier 42.6p in £.

Non domestic rating multiplier 43.3p in £. 

The multipliers for the financial year 2012/13 are as follows:

Small business multiplier 45.0p in £.

Non domestic rating multiplier 45.8p in £.