Regulation 9 End of year calculations
England and Wales
F1Subject to F2paragraphs (1A) and (5) to (8), on or before 30 September in the year following the relevant year a billing authority must—
calculate the amount specified by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 for the relevant year;
calculate the amount (if any) specified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 for the relevant year;
calculate the amount (if any) specified by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 for the relevant year;
calculate the amount specified by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2A for the relevant year (if applicable);
calculate the amount specified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2B for the relevant year (if applicable);
calculate the amount specified by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2C for the relevant year (if applicable);
notify the Secretary of State and any relevant precepting authorities of the amounts calculated.
In relation to a relevant year beginning on or after 1st April 2026, a billing authority must—
make the calculations under paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (bc);
calculate the amount (if any) specified by regulation 7(2), 7B(2) and 7B(2A) for the relevant year.
The billing authority must arrange for the calculations and amounts to be certified in accordance with such arrangements as the Secretary of State may direct.
The person certifying the calculations and amounts must send the certification to the Secretary of State and notify the billing authority and relevant precepting authorities of the amounts so certified.
The amount specified by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations and calculated and certified in accordance with this regulation is the authority's certified non-domestic rating income for the relevant year.
Paragraph (1) applies in relation to calculations for F9a relevant year beginning on 1st April 2019 or 1st April 2021 as if for “30 September” there were substituted “30 November”.
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Subject to paragraph (8), paragraph (1) applies in relation to calculations for the relevant years listed in the first column of the following table as if for “30 September in the year following the relevant year” there were substituted the words in the second column—
| Relevant year beginning in— | Date |
|---|---|
| 2023 | “28th February 2025” |
| 2024 | “27th February 2026” |
| 2025 | “31st January 2027” |
| 2026 | “30th November 2027” |
| 2027 | “30th November 2028”. |
Paragraph (1) applies in relation to calculations for the relevant year as if for “30 September in the year following the relevant year” there were substituted “the date the accountability statements are published” where—
the relevant year begins in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 or 2027, and
the billing authority has not published its accountability statements on or before the last publication date.
In this regulation, “accountability statements” and “last publication date” have the meanings given in regulation 9A of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 9(1) substituted (3.8.2022) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Transitional Protection Payments and Rates Retention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/784), regs. 1, 4(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 9(1) substituted (27.3.2026) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Levy and Safety Net: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/374), regs. 1(1), 7(a)
- F3
Reg. 9(1)(b)-(bc) substituted for reg. 9(1)(b) (16.1.2017) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1268), regs. 1(2), 5
- F4
Reg. 9(1)(bd) inserted (19.1.2018) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1321), regs. 1(2), 4
- F5
Words in reg. 9(1)(c) inserted (10.3.2015) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Shale Oil and Gas and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/628), regs. 1(4), 11(4)
- F6
Word in reg. 9(1)(c) inserted (26.3.2021) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Area) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/404), regs. 1(2), 5(4)
- F7
Reg. 9(1A) inserted (27.3.2026) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Levy and Safety Net: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/374), regs. 1(1), 7(b)
- F8
Reg. 9(5) inserted (15.5.2020) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Transitional Protection Payments and Rates Retention) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/449), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)
- F9
Words in reg. 9(5) substituted (3.8.2022) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Transitional Protection Payments and Rates Retention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/784), regs. 1, 4(b)
- F10
Reg. 9(6) omitted (3.8.2022) by virtue of The Non-Domestic Rating (Transitional Protection Payments and Rates Retention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/784), regs. 1, 4(c)
- F11
Reg. 9(7)-(9) inserted (30.9.2024) by The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/907), regs. 1(3), 4(b)