By Charity Advice Unit from NICVA
Published on 23 May 2007
Latest information for voluntary and community organisations on the review of rating policy - including Non Domestic Charitable Exemptions and Reliefs from Rate Liability in NI
Recent legislation
Downloads
The Rates (Capital Values, etc) Order of 2005
Non-Domestic Charitable Exemptions & Reliefs from Rate Liability in NI
Reform of the Domestic Rating System in NI
The latest piece of draft legislation to emerge from the review of rating policy in Northern Ireland is The Rates (Capital Values, etc) Order of 2005. It encompasses some of the proposed policy issues from the 2005 consultation on Non-Domestic Charitable Exemptions and Reliefs from Rate Liability in NI and also from the Reform of the Domestic Rating System in NI. The government does not propose to make any adverse changes to the existing main charitable exemptions and reliefs but rather to extend these reliefs.
NICVA'S response
NICVA has commented on the issues that are of particular concern to the voluntary and community sector in its response to the draft Rates Order. This proposes to increase the level of sport and recreational relief, to give full rates exemption to community halls that are made available for use by the wider community and to enable organisations currently receiving partial exemption to retain this benefit.
The Department will publish a further consultation in 2006. It is expected to include a range of targeted reliefs for the non-domestic sector.
Related information
- Archive of NICVA consultation responses
- NICVA response to the Reform of the Water and Sewage Services
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