All Business rates articles – Page 6
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Professional
Online sales tax could be a lose-lose for all retailers
The call by Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis for the Chancellor to introduce a 2% levy on goods sold via the internet illustrates the anguish experienced by many high street retailers operating from physical stores.
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News
Revo urges government to act on rates and online tax
A reform of the business rate system and an online retailer tax were both on the agenda at this week’s Conservative Party conference, but Revo’s policy adviser Matthew Ogg said urgent action was required to bring forward these changes.
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Online
SNP pledges £7bn for Scottish building projects
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has outlined plans to invest £7bn in major building projects and create a non-domestic business rates bill as part of the Scottish government’s Programme for Scotland 2018/19.
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Professional
Councils may push for reform to empty property relief after policy
Since 2008, when empty property relief was first introduced, the use of short-term lease arrangements as a form of business rates mitigation has become commonplace. This typically involves tenants taking short-term leases on properties, often on very favourable terms, allowing the landlord or property agent to reduce their business rates ...
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Online
Cable confirms Lib Dems proposals to replace ‘broken business rates’
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has called for a new “commercial landowner levy” to replace what he has described as the UK’s “broken business rates system”.
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News
New figures show 86% fall in business rates appeals
The number of appeals started in the 15 months since the 2017 rates revaluation has fallen year-on-year by more than 86% according to the VOA’s newest figures.
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Online
VOA stats show 1.3 % of rating assessments contested last year
The government’s Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has released its annual appeals statistics revealing that only 1.3 % of the 1.85m rateable properties in England have been contested in the past year.
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Professional
Legislation to reverse ‘staircase tax’ doesn’t address all the issues raised by Mazars ruling
Draft bill not only fails to restore the pre-2015 ruling status quo, but ratepayers may also struggle to secure refunds.
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Professional
Resources, revaluation, red tape – just three of the challenges facing Andrew Hudson
Three industry experts outline their action points for the man tasked with improving the business rates regime.
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Online
PLA praises proposed revisions to counteract 'staircase tax'
The government has amended its draft bill on business rates in multi-occupied properties ahead of its second hearing in the House of Commons.
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Online
Hudson appointed to lead business rates review
Former director general for public services Andrew Hudson has been appointed to lead the review of the business rates system by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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Professional
Move to more frequent business rates revaluations gets a mixed reception
Business rates experts welcome the reforms but argue that the government should go further to improve the system.
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News
Industry welcomes business rates change
Chancellor Philip Hammond announces move from five- to three-year revaluations.
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Professional
Vail Williams boosts Birmingham team with business rates expert
Property advisory firm Vail Williams has grown its Birmingham team with the appointment of business rates expert James Fitzgibbon.
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Professional
Upper Tribunal judgment could be a game changer for business rate payer appeals
Recent judgment to reinstate appeals struck out by the Valuation Tribunal will have significant repercussions.
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Insight
Business rate rises hitting London nightlife too
Kensington Roof Gardens hit the news last week when it announced it was closing its doors after 35 years of trading. But it won’t be the only top night spot in the capital to find crippling business rates bills are making operating costs totally untenable.
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Professional
Budget 2017: more than meets the eye on business rates
On the surface, Budget 2017 looked like the Chancellor was finally addressing some key issues facing businesses concerning their business rates hardships.
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News
Budget is mixed bag for property industry
Stamp duty cut welcomed but capital gains tax reform could ‘jeapordise’ investment.
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Online
Inflation rise could further 'burn' the High Street
New inflation figures of 3.9 % are creating yet another punitive business rate hit on UK businesses, potentially adding over £1bn to the troubling rates bill which Jerry Schruder highlighted in last week’s issue .
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Insight
What can the UK government learn from Scottish response on business rates?
Well what a difference a border makes. Less than three weeks from the time the Barclay Review made its recommendations on business rates, the Scottish Minister stood up in the Scottish Parliament and agreed to try and implement most of them.