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Business Definition for: Business Rate

  • in the United Kingdom, a tax on businesses calculated on the value of the property occupied. Although the rate of tax is set by central government, the tax is collected the local authority.

Additional Resources

Adjustable Rate Mortgage
An adjustable rate mortgage, or an "ARM" as they are commonly called, is a loan type that offers a lower initial interest rate than most fixed rate loans. The trade off is that the interest rate can change periodically, usually in relation to an index, and the monthly payment will...
Tags: Financial Planning, Mortgages, Interest Rate, Capital Structures, Finance, Financial Services
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Storage Equities Inc. announces dividend rate
GLENDALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 30, 1994--Storage Equities Inc. (NYSE:SEQ) Friday announced that the dividend on the adjustable-rate cumulative preferred stock, Series C, for the quarter beginning Jan. 1, 1995, will be at a rate of 8.668 percent per annum. The ``Applicable Rate'' was determined by taking the highest...
Tags: Business Wire, dividend, FINANCE
Research articles 1994-12-30
base rate
base rate 1. The rate of interest used as a basis by banks for the rates they charge their customers. In practice most customers will pay a premium over base rate to take account of the bank's risk involved in lending, competitive market pressures, and...
Tags: bank, Bank of England, Banking
Research articles 1999-01-01
base rate
base rate 1. The rate of interest used as a basis by banks for the rates they charge their customers. In practice most customers will pay a premium over base rate to take account of the bank's risk involved in lending, competitive market pressures, and to...
Tags: bank, Bank of England, Banking, Government
Research articles 2002-01-01
base rate
base rate 1. The rate of interest used as a basis by banks for the rates they charge their customers. In practice most customers will pay a premium over base rate to take account of the bank's risk involved in lending, competitive market pressures, and...
Tags: bank, Bank of England, Banking
Research articles 1997-01-01
Public Storage Inc. Announces Dividend Rate
GLENDALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 31, 1998--Harvey Lenkin, president of Public Storage Inc. (NYSE:PSA), Thursday announced that the dividend on the adjustable-rate cumulative preferred stock, Series C, for the quarter beginning Jan. 1, 1999, will be at a rate of 6.75 percent per annum. The "applicable rate" was determined...
Tags: Business Wire, dividend, FINANCE
Research articles 1998-12-31
U.S. Department of Commerce - Brief Article
The U.S. economy roars ahead in the third quarter, with the gross domestic product, which is the total output of goods and services, growing at an annual rate of 5.7 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The rate, much higher than the 4.8 rate originally predicted, is spurred...
Tags: U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2000-02-01
Standard mileage rate gets temporary boost
The Internal Revenue Service announced an increase to the optional standard mileage rates for the final four months of 2005, due to climbing fuel prices. The rate will increase to 48.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31. This is an increase...
Tags: deduction, FINANCE, Government, Internal Revenue Service, Taxes
Research articles 2005-10-03
Standard Mileage Rate Gets Temporary Boost
ACCOUNTINGThe Internal Revenue Service announced an increase to the optional standard mileage rates for the final four months of 2005, due to climbing fuel prices.The rate will increase to 48.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31. This is an increase of 8...
Tags: deduction, FINANCE, Government, Internal Revenue Service, Taxes
Research articles 2005-09-26
Real GDP advanced at an annual rate of 2.3% in second quarter 1999.
Real GDP advanced at an annual rate of 2.3% in second quarter 1999, according to first estimates from Commerce. Advance poll of economists by Market News Service had put the second quarter growth rate at a much higher 3.4%. In view of Fed interest rate rhetoric, the...
Tags: economist, Federal Reserve Board, rhetoric
Research articles 1999-09-02
Public Storage Inc. Announces Dividend Rate on Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C
GLENDALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 31, 1998--Harvey Lenkin, president of Public Storage Inc. (NYSE:PSA), Tuesday announced that the dividend on the Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C, for the quarter beginning April 1, 1998, will be at a rate of 6.75 percent per annum. The "Applicable Rate" was...
Tags: Business Wire, dividend, FINANCE, stock
Research articles 1998-03-31
Lancaster County, Pa., in tie for state's best jobless rate at 3.6 percent.
Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 2--Lancaster County's unemployment rate slid to 3.6 percent in September, tying for the best rate in Pennsylvania, the state Department of Labor & Industry reported today. By dipping from August's 3.9...
Tags: E-mail, Fax, Pennsylvania, Strategy, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 2004-11-02
A federal funds rate equation
I. INTRODUCTIONThis paper estimates a monetary policy reaction function that explains the behavior of the federal funds rate during the period 1979 to 1992. This funds-rate equation consists of two pans: a long-run part and a short-run part. The long-run part, which assumes that the funds rate moves one-for-one with...
Tags: bond, Delta, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, inflation
Research articles 1997-07-01
Lancaster County, Pa., unemployment rate rises in October.
Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 1--The unemployment rate in Lancaster County climbed to 3.8 percent in October, the state Department of Labor & Industry reported today. While the local jobless rate grew from September's 3.6 percent,...
Tags: E-mail, Fax, Pennsylvania, Strategy, unemployment
Research articles 2004-12-01
How Much Will My Adjustable Rate Mortgage Payments Be?
This tool computes the estimated payments and interest for an adjustable rate loan, where the rate increases by the maximum amount allowed at each interval until it reaches the rate cap.
Tags: Payment, Mortgages, Operational Accounting, Finance, Capital Structures
Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Jobless rate reverses itself
The national unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percent in January, raising hopes that an economic recovery is on the horizon. According to the U.S. Labor Department, the decrease in the jobless rate--the first since May 2001--came due to the smallest cut in business payrolls since before September's terrorist attacks. Analysts expected...
Tags: Government, recovery, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 2002-02-22
Public Storage Inc. announces dividend rate on Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C
GLENDALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 30, 1997--Harvey Lenkin, President of Public Storage Inc. (NYSE:PSA), Monday announced that the dividend on the Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C for the quarter beginning July 1, 1997, will be at a rate of 7.425 percent per annum. The "Applicable Rate" was...
Tags: Business Wire, C, dividend, FINANCE, stock
Research articles 1997-06-30
Work injury, illness rate in S.C. up slightly in '86.
Work Injury, Illness Rate In S. C. Up Slightly in '86 The rate of work-related injuries and illnesses in South Carolina's textile industry increased slightly in 1986 to 5.7 injuries per 100 full-time employees from a 1985 rate of 5.4. ...
Tags: industry, Manufacturing, Strategy, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 1987-12-17
PRC Proposes Two-Year Rate-Case Schedule for Business Mailers
As part of the current rate case process, the Consumer Advocate's office of the Postal Rate Commission has filed a proposal that would put business mailing classes on a regular, two-year rate case schedule and first class on a four-year schedule. The proposal will now be evaluated by the...
Tags: FINANCE, U.S. Postal Service
Research articles 2000-06-01
On the Relationship Between the Very Short Forward and the Spot Interest Rate
This paper revisits the relationship between the forward and the spot interest rate. In contrast to much of the literature the paper investigates the very short maturities. The "tomorrow next" rate is the forward interest rate, but has the same maturity as the overnight rate. The authors' estimate an asymmetry...
Tags: Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Author, Interest Rate
White papers 2004-02-25
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