Business Rates or National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) is a national tax collected from all occupiers or owners of non-domestic properties that appear in the Rating List.

Commercial rental values are, in general, the basis for assessing the rateable value of business properties. The gross rate charge is calculated by multiplying the rateable value by the non-domestic rating multiplier.

The Government sets the multiplier, whilst rateable values are assessed by the Valuation Office Agency, an executive agency of HM Revenues and Customs. The local authority bills and collects the Business Rates and pays it to the Government. The Rating List is available online via the Valuation Office Agency website.

Payments received up until 5pm on any working day (Monday to Friday) will normally be allocated to the account (Council Tax, Business Rates etc) by the next working day. Payments received after 5pm, or at weekends and on Bank Holidays will normally be allocated to the account by the following working day.