business rates
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Dear chancellor: Five property demands for the Budget
What does the property sector have on its wish list for this year’s Budget?
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Business rates: Time to level the playing field
John Webber calls for change in the way business rates are calculated for football stadiums, to reflect the financial realities of relegation from – or promotion to – the Premier…
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Why the rates revaluation hit retail, and the need for reform
To help save the high street, John Webber argues that the government must not turn a deaf ear to business rates reform.
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Wigan Athletic fails in football stadium business rates challenge
The football season is just about to start, but Championship side Wigan Athletic has already suffered a major defeat – in its test case claim that the effects of relegation should…
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18% of business rates appeals in limbo
Startling revelations show 18% of all tax appeals made against business rate assessments from 2010 are now sat with the Tribunal Service awaiting a hearing
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The government’s business rates dilemma
COMMENT: Joanna Davies reflects on why business owners are calling for a complete system overhaul
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Business rates reform is overdue
UK regions have been paying high rates for years and London has been subsidised
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Industry welcomes Supreme Court business rates ruling
ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court has overturned a decision that could have ramped up rates for vacant premises undergoing renovations
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Leader: property taxes aren’t working
COMMENT: The UK has the highest property taxes of all 35 OECD countries. More problematically, each tax is fundamentally flawed
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What next on business rates?
ANALYSIS: Debbie Warwick explores the government’s stance on appeals, the transitional relief scheme and rate cuts
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SMEs face £700m rates bill
The Treasury’s “unjust” business rates appeal block could cost SMEs more than £700m in the next five years, new research has found.