Due to the ongoing Covid pandemic, the government has announced a further waiver of commercial rates.
The waiver will apply to certain business categories for the first quarter of this year.
The possibility of the waiver being extended beyond March will be kept under review.
This new three-month waiver has modified criteria from the 2020 scheme.
The 100% waiver will be applied to all businesses to the end of March this year.
The waiver will take the form of a credit in lieu of rates due from January 2021 to March 2021.
Eligible Categories include hospitality, leisure, miscellaneous entertainment, non-essential retail such as shops and warehouses, airports, essential retail but excluding large supermarkets greater than 500 square metres, health, service stations, personal care, and childcare.
There are some categories of businesses which were included in the 2020 Waiver Scheme but are now excluded in the new scheme.
Further details, and the categories of business eligible and non-eligible for the waiver, are on Donegal County Council’s website.
There will also be an appeals process should a business have been excluded from the scheme.
