2. What are Business Rates and when are bills sent?
Business Rates are charged on most non-domestic properties, for example, shops, offices, pubs, warehouses and factories. Properties exempt from rating include:
- farm buildings and land (excluding buildings used as offices or for other business activities)
- fish farms
- places of religious worship
- buildings used for training or welfare of disabled people
The Business Rates bill
We will send you an annual or bill for the year in March for the following tax year.
Explanatory notes are sent with the bill for the year which give information about Business Rates.
Public service spending in East Devon is explained in What does Council Tax pay for? as Business Rates pay for the same services as Council Tax.