Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Multiplier

The local council works out the business rates bill by multiplying the rateable value of the property by the appropriate multiplier.

From 1 April 2005 there are two multipliers; the standard non-domestic rating multiplier and the small business non-domestic rating multiplier. The former is higher to pay for small business rate relief. The Government sets the multipliers for each financial year for the whole of England. The Government normally changes both multipliers every year in line with inflation. By law, the multipliers cannot go up by more than the rate of inflation apart from some minor adjustments to counteract losses from appeals and, in relation to the standard multiplier, to pay for small business rate relief.

In the year of a revaluation it is set at a level that will keep the total amount raised in rates after the revaluation the same as before, plus inflation for that year.

The multipliers for the 2010/2011 & 2011/2012 financial years can be found on your bill and are shown below:

2010/2011

Standard           41.4p

Small Business  40.7p

2011/2012

Standard           43.3p

Small Business  42.6p 

The multipliers for previous financial years can be found on your bill.