- Tesco will save £13m this year
- Rateable values for 563 of Tesco’s largest stores in England and Wales have dropped by £77.7m overall
Tesco is to benefit by £105m from lower business rates over five years, according to a study by rents and rates specialist CVS.
Analysis of Government data indicated that new rateable values for 563 of Tesco’s largest tores in England and Wales have dropped by £77.7m altogether.
The study found that the 563 properties operated by Tesco, classified by the Government as superstores and hypermarkets that are liable for rates, had a combined rateable value of £903.5m based on the last property assessment in 2010.
That formed the basis of rates bills for the last seven years, but has fallen by 8.6% to £825.8m.
Tesco paid £450m in rates for 2016/17 on those largest stores and the bill fell to £437m from April 1 this year for 2017/18.
According to CVS, that will save Tesco £13m this year.
Over the next five years, allowing for transitional relief, which limits how quickly bills can fall, and increases through inflation, CVS expects Tesco to save £105.3m in rates under the revaluation for its largest stores.
Superstores revaluation
The Government’s official Rating List shows, in total, there are 2,196 properties classed as superstores/hypermarkets in England and Wales, mainly operated by the big four grocers.
Valuation Office Agency data shows rateable values for such stores have fallen overall by 5.7% to £2.86bn this year for the revaluation.
Tesco disputes the study as “inaccurate” but declined to say how much its largest stores would save under the revaluation.
Tesco said it was the UK’s largest ratepayer at £700m, which would remain unchanged and that “the current rates system is unsustainable and needs urgent reform”.
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