Consultation outcome

Business rates review: terms of reference and discussion paper

• From: HM Treasury, The Rt Hon Danny Alexander and The Rt Hon George Osborne
• Published: 16 March 2015
• Last updated: 24 March 2016 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Business rates review: summary of responses

Ref: ISBN 978-1-910835-85-2, PU1925

PDF, 388 KB, 21 pages

Detail of outcome

The government announced a review of business rates at Autumn Statement 2014. The terms of reference for the review and a discussion paper were launched at Budget 2015. This document provides a summary of responses to the review.

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Original consultation

Summary

The government is conducting a review of business rates in England in response to concerns ‎from some business ratepayers that the system is in need of reform to make it fit for a 21st century economy.

This consultation ran from
11:30am on 16 March 2015 to 11:45pm on 12 June 2015

Consultation description

This document sets out the terms of reference for the government’s review and provides further information on the review’s aims and core themes. The government welcomes responses from a wide range of interested stakeholder to the questions and requests for evidence included in this paper by 12 June 2015. The review will report its findings by Budget 2016.

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Documents

Business rates review: terms of reference and discussion paper

Ref: ISBN 978-1-910337-90-5, PU1768

PDF, 633 KB, 32 pages

Published 16 March 2015
Last updated 24 March 2016 + show all updates

1. 24 March 2016

   Updated with response

2. 16 March 2015

   First published.