Romeo Whisky Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Has your Club been assessed for Business Rates? Out of the blue we suddenly find ourselves being assessed for business rates although we just rent a field and put a shipping container on it, but are in no sense a commercial enterprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterF Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Yes, after we put a container on many years ago, planning permission for the container obviously brought us to the council's attention. However, as the floor area is small for a container we get small business relief at 100% so effectively pay nothing. I can not comment on if rental of the land affects the business rates as we flew from a sheep field for free st the time. And yes, it is business rates because the flying field is not a domestic property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_K Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Rates are payable on property. Sports clubs (e.g. CASC, community amateur sports club) are eligible for rates relief. The local authority also has discretionary powers. I doubt this has come 'out of the blue'. Find out what interactions the club has had with the local authority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 We get 100% rebate as it’s assessed on turnover and we own our field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Carr Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Hello RW. I used to work in the business rates dept for a local council albeit 23 year ago The advice above is spot on. The local authority has a legal obligation to assess the rateable value and the amount payable is calculated from that. But then they can apply a discretionary 100% relief to the club. It’s quite a straightforward form to complete things like if the club are accessible to all the community and don’t make a profit etc etc all count in the applications favour craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 We get 100% rebate, it's a box tick for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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