All Business rates articles
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NewsMPs press for business rates reform
MPs and city representatives have urged the government to introduce fiscal incentives to support the recovery of the high street, including reforming business rates and VAT incentives.
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Insight
We need a business rates reform now
Editor: Tax Day was sadly a Groundhog Day in terms of business rates reform. Delaying the government’s consultation on reform until autumn 2021, the fourth delay in a year, had been disappointing, but everyone hoped Tax Day (23 March) would provide some new insights.
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Professional
Government is ‘wrong’ to ban MCC business rates appeals
Experts say the government’s £1.5bn compensation scheme is not enough to address the impact of Covid on values.
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Online
Business rate agents plot legal fightback
Business rate agents are mulling legal action following the government announcement last week that it will legislate against Covid-related property tax appeals, Property Week understands.
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Insight
City centres need special support
Editor: We fully support the move to extend the business rates holiday and furlough scheme, and to introduce Restart Grants, which will help the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors bridge the gap until the restrictions are eased and trading can resume.
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Insight
A missed chance to fix rates system
Editor: The Budget offered the industry some clarity on what will happen when the 12-month business rates holiday for retail, leisure and hospitality ends this month . But the mere three-month extension fails to realise the scale of the problem facing businesses’ bottom lines, or the issues of the business ...
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Professional
How can the outdated business rates system best be reformed?
Before the chancellor announced his new Budget, he warned he was kicking business rates reform yet again into the long grass, postponing his response to the consultation over reform until autumn – the fourth delay in a year.
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Professional
Anger builds as the business rates review is pushed back yet again
Industry experts rail against decision to postpone review until autumn 2021 and clamour for urgent change.
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Online
Budget 2021: What to watch out for
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to deliver the most important budget of the decade as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to tear a hole in the UK’s finances. We’ve highlighted the things to watch out for.
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Insight
Abolish broken business rates system
Editor: There has been much discussion in the commercial real estate (CRE) sector about business rates recently, including a number of articles in Property Week .
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News
Scottish government extends business rates relief
The Scottish government has extended business rates relief for the whole of 2021/22 financial year, affecting retail, hospitality and leisure.
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Professional
Industry looks to chancellor to fix the business rates system
Rishi Sunak is expected to announce changes to the rates relief scheme in his budget speech on 3 March.
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Insight
How to ease burden of business rates
Editor: It came as no surprise to learn that Treasury officials are weighing up plans for an online sales tax to rebalance the scales between booming online businesses and struggling high street retailers.
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News
Industry slams £4.6bn retail and hospitality relief package
Bodies dismiss government package as ‘sticking plaster’ that fails to address issues of rent and business rates.
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News
Calls renewed for end to business rates advantage for online retailers
The property industry has renewed calls on the government to level the business rates playing field between online and bricks and mortar retailers.
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News
‘Rates relief handed back should fund tax holiday’
Business rates relief handed back to the government by the UK’s supermarket chains should be spent on extending the tax holiday for cash-strapped retailers, say experts.
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Online
Pressure growing on F&B retailers to pay back business rates relief
Pressure is growing on a number of F B retailers to pay back business rates relief after almost £2bn was given back to the treasury by a number of supermarkets.
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Online
Sainsburys and Morrisons pay back £714m in business rates relief
Two more supermarkets have agreed to pay back the business rates relief granted by the government earlier this year, after Tesco handed back £585m.
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News
Furore over business rates 'postcode lottery'
Local authorities have been slammed for using heavy-handed tactics to chase unpaid business rates bills from office occupiers during the second national lockdown.
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Insight
Business rates system is rotten apple
Editor: When rateable values were last updated in 2017, the apple was the UK’s favourite fruit. It now barely features in the top 10 – a sign that a lot has changed in three years .
