Any word on Rates?

qwert_yuiop

tara747 wrote: »

I'd like to see the rates cap abolished.

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but it results in excessive rates bills for those who don't live in big houses.

saverbuyer

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but it results in excessive rates bills for those who don't live in big houses.

It has. The cap results in those living in one bed flats on Sandy Row subsidising those living in 8 bed mansion on the Malone Road.

motorguy

saverbuyer wrote: »

It has. The cap results in those living in one bed flats on Sandy Row subsidising those living in 8 bed mansion on the Malone Road.

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/what-rates-pay-for

Regional Rate :-

This pays for services including:

• education
• emergency
• hospitals
• law and order
• roads
• social services and community development

District rate

This pays for local services including:

• arts, events and recreation
• building control
• leisure/community centres
• environmental health
• tourism
• waste management

Out of curiosity, hows any of that related to house size?

saverbuyer

motorguy wrote: »

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/what-rates-pay-for

Regional Rate :-

This pays for services including:

• education
• emergency
• hospitals
• law and order
• roads
• social services and community development

District rate

This pays for local services including:

• arts, events and recreation
• building control
• leisure/community centres
• environmental health
• tourism
• waste management

Out of curiosity, hows any of that related to house size?

That's what rates pay for. The method for calculating how much you pay is based on not the size but the value in 2005. We don't have a pay per use system. Like income tax. But then there's no income tax cap.