Business rates

Income from Business (or Non-Domestic) Rates helps to pay for the services provided by Maidstone Borough Council, Kent County Council, the Kent Police Authority and the Medway Fire and Rescue Authority. The amount of money collected by Maidstone Borough Council in respect of Business Rates is passed onto Central Government and is then redistributed back to these organisations according to a specific formula.

In addition to income from Business Rates, the council also receives money in the way of grants from Government, from Council Tax and for charges for a range of services offered by the Council.

If you have any queries or requests for information that you may require about the Business (or Non-Domestic) Rates service provided by Maidstone Borough, you can contact us. Email nndr@maidstone.gov.uk, call 01622 602230 or visit Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ.

You can also visit the My Business Rates website for more information.

Electronic Billing

You can now chose to have your bills sent to you electronically. For more information or to request this service, please either telephone the business rate helpline on 01622 602230 or email us at nndr@maidstone.gov.uk. View details of your Business Rate Account online.

Pages in this section:

• Business rates - account enquiries
• Business rates annual notification
• Business rates - appeals
• Business rates - calculation
• Business rates - FAQs
• Business rates - rateable value
• Business rates - reminders and recovery
• Business rates - reductions
• Business rates - transitional arrangements
• Business rates - who has to pay

Useful documents

Combined leaflet, County, Police, Fire and MBC (2011/12)

Combined leaflet, County, Police, Fire and MBC (2010/11)

Combined leaflet, County, Police, Fire and MBC (2009/10)

Non Domestic Rates and Data Protection

Maidstone Borough Council takes its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation very seriously and will not disclose information to any unauthorised person. Information may be shared with other services within the Council or disclosed to other Local and Public Authorities or Government agencies that have a legitimate reason to request the disclosure. The Council is under a duty to protect the public funds that it administers and to this end, it may use the information that you have provided for the prevention and detection of crime and / or fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes.  If you wish to know more about the uses to which the information may be put by the Council please contact the Head of Finance.