Stephen Tutcher, Gerald Eve
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Local finance agenda
The deadline for responses to the government's Green Paper – Modernising Local Government Finance – is three weeks away. Could the proposals complicate matters for ratepayers, and what do they mean for small businesses?
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Penalties for big properties
Why has the government imposed severe limits on the reductions in rate bills allowed for the next revaluation? Doesn’t such a move negate the whole purpose of revaluation
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Will new rules bring clarity and order?
New rating appeals regulatory framework The new proposals will encourage early appeals, as only those made in the first six months after April 2000 will be allowed to receive refunds in full The administrative procedures are still too complex ...
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New rates for the industrial sector
Limited supply of suitable space has pushed up rents in the south-east and assessments could increase by as much as 60%
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Will higher rates hit the office sector?
Rating revaluation Research based on the analysis of principal office locations in the UK predicts significant increases in rateable values by the year 2000 Increases in liability can have a negative impact on cities like London, raising the issue of Government intervention in ...
