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<p>Business rates in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland
Executive. Following the decision to provide rates relief in England as part of the
Government’s response to Covid-19, the Executive also introduced rates relief for
NI businesses. The measures taken by the Executive include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A four-month
rates holiday for all NI business ratepayers between April and July this year;</li></ul><p>
</p><ul><li>An extended rates holiday for the hospitality, tourism, childcare, leisure
and retail sectors (with the exception of certain supermarkets and off-licences).
These businesses will pay no rates for the full financial year up until 31 March 2021.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>These measures were enabled by the £2.2bn of additional UK Government funding
provided to the Executive as part of our response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>We have
regular engagement with Executive ministers on a range of issues, including responding
to Covid-19. We will continue to work closely with the Executive as we work to see
Northern Ireland recover.</p>
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