This is a four month rates holiday for Northern Ireland Non-domestic rate payers this excludes public sector and utility. As the rate bills for 2020-21 were due to be issued in April 2020, no rates will be charged for April, May, June and July 2020. This reduces the annual rate bill in 2020-21 for business ratepayers by 33%; this amount does not need to be payed back.
Current monthly Direct Debit payment plans will be automatically updated to collect payments between July 2020 and March 2021.
When rate bills are issued in July 2020, ratepayers can still choose to pay their bill in monthly instalments between July 2020 and March 2021.