Business rates worth £2.5bn remain under appeal in Scotland, amounting to more than 17,000 separate cases.
According to Scotland’s chief statistician 56, 526 appeals have so far been resolved since the 2017 revaluations, representing £2.9bn in rates. Around 70% of the appeals resolved saw no change in rateable value.
In all, local government in Scotland saw 73,892 appeals following the revelation, worth around £5.4bn in rates. Appeal resolutions so far has seen a £199m decrease in rate revenue.
