Has anyone been hit with these sporting rates for deer stalking the rates are over the top. It’s getting ridiculous they are complaining about the number of deer about and just keep hitting the stalkers pockets and what you get for the carcass is an absolute joke. Thinking of giving it a bye and see how the trees go and hit the owners of the trees in the pockets
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If it's a private farm you'll get an exemption,not sure about leases
Most stalkers, if their lease is deer n vermin only, and not done on a commercial basis, will be able to claim relief on it.
But if they have other business assets that have a ratable value, afaik the stalking ratable value gets added on as well and if the combined value is more than £12000, then relief is limited.
(I think!)
But if they have other business assets that have a ratable value, afaik the stalking ratable value gets added on as well and if the combined value is more than £12000, then relief is limited.
(I think!)
I was on one estate in the cairngorms this week. I saw 6 red stags and hundreds of sheep
Well, they had to collect money from somewhere for camper vans etc!!!
shakey jake
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The sooner people stop paying for the right to control a pest, the sooner sense will prevail
Can the stalker claim the relief or is it not just the landowner? If the landowner has other rateable assets then presumably they couldn't claim it, hence passing it on to the stalker.
HonestJohn
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Stalker can only claim if they are formally the registered lease holder - in my cases the landowners just let out the stalking without formal contract and have that part of the business registered in their name already, and they pay the rates, so they are passed on to me. I’ve dropped one ground already, and might drop another due to the costs going up by 60%, and in one case, over 100%.
So the landowner needs to make the stalker the responsible person and the stalker then claims the relief.
There really is no need for the vast majority of properties paying these rates
mike308
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Because it's a full sporting lease it can't be claimed back. It only applies to specific deer control leases.
Do you have a link to the regulations/legislation on this option by any chance?
Stevie/P
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This ^
For a deer forest, the rateable entity is normally the occupier of the deer forest for sporting purposes. This is the person or organisation with the right to manage and exploit the deer stalking, rather than automatically the owner of the land. The Assessor enters that occupier in the Valuation Roll and they are liable for the non-domestic rates
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Malxwal
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Another triumph for Jockistans biodiversity
Get your land owner to change the wording of the lease do that meets the conditions of exemptions.
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