Business rates
Businesses and other organisations that occupy non-domestic premises pay non-domestic rates, often called business rates. The payments help fund local services provided by local authorities, such as the police and the fire and rescue service.
If you use a building or part of a building for business, you will probably have to pay business rates.
Business premises are given a rateable value. The amount of business rates payable is calculated using the rateable value and the multiplier, which is set by the Government. Different multipliers are used for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.