19 February 2007 Average Northern Ireland Domestic Rate Bills 2007/2008

Attached is a table showing the average domestic rate bills for the Northern Ireland district council areas for 2007-08.

The table provides analysis of the effects of the first year of capital valuation, which reflects house values as determined on 01 January 2005.

Changes in average bills reflect not only increases in regional and district rates but also variations in average capital values as a result of the revaluation. While some councils have been able to set relatively low district rates compared to others, increases in average rate bills in these areas are due to the effect of higher than average capital values.

In most cases, those councils that tended to have the highest average bills under the old NAV system (eg: North Down, Ards, Lisburn) still remain at the top end of the scale under the capital valuation system.

Where a householder’s capital valuation results in an increase in the rates bill of 33% or greater, he or she will be entitled automatically to Transitional Relief, which phases the introduction of the new levy over a three-year period.

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