At a stakeholder meeting held on 18 February, where the rates policy and credit control policy were discussed, the City of Johannesburg indicated the proposed category changes for 2022/23:
Current Category Future Category Future Ratios
| Current Category | Future Category | Future Ratios | |
| 1 | Agricultural business | Business | 1:2.5 |
| 2 | Agricultural other | Agricultural other | 1:1 |
| 3 | Agricultural residential | Residential | 1:1 |
| 4 | Business and commercial | Business and commercial | 1:2.5 |
| 5 | Education | Education | 1:0.25 |
| 6 | Farming | Farming | 1:0.25 |
| 7 | New category (Industrial ) | Industrial | To be determined by Council |
| 8 | Mining land | Mining land | 1:2.5 |
| 9 | Multipurpose business | Multipurpose | Ratio will be determined per split value |
| 10 | Multipurpose residential | Multipurpose | Ratio will be determined per split value |
| 11 | Municipal property | Municipal | 0 |
| 12 | Private open space | Private open space | 1:0.25 |
| 13 | Public open space | Public open space | 0 |
| 14 | PSI | PSI | 1:0.25 |
| 15 | PSI privately owned | PSI privately owned | 1:0.25 |
| 16 | Public benefit organisation | Public benefit organisation | 1:0.25 |
| 17 | Religious | Religious | 0 |
| 18 | R E of a township | R E of a township | 1:2.5 |
| 19 | Residential | Residential | 1:1 |
| 20 | Residential Consent use | Residential Consent use | 1:2 |
| 21 | Sectional Title Business | Business and commercial | 1:2.5 |
| 22 | Sectional Title other | Sectional Title other | 1:1 |
| 23 | Sectional Title residential | Residential | 1:1 |
| 24 | State | Public service purpose | 1:1.5 |
| 25 | Vacant Land | Vacant Land | 1:4 |