AQW 18349/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance whether close-contact service businesses are included in the 100 per cent rates holiday for 2021/22.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 4 May 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 4 May 2021
- Answer due by
- 19 May 2021
- Answered
- 12 May 20218 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Rate relief in the 2021-22 rating year, will be provided on a very similar basis to that in 2020-21. Although the term close-contact service is not used in the legislation, retail and retail services such as barbers, hair salons, nail or beauty services, tattoo parlours and piercing parlours will benefit from the relief.
Details of all the businesses eligible for rate relief are listed in Schedule 2 of the legislation - The Rates (Coronavirus) (Emergency Relief) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021.