Insight: Business Rates
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The end of the double edged sword of transitional relief?
Transitional relief is designed to phase in changes in so that an occupier facing a large increase in rateable value doesn’t immediately bear the full brunt of an overnight increase in liability.
Landlords forced to let vacant high street properties through council-led rental auctions
One important and disruptive section of the Levelling Up Bill aims to revitalise our high streets by forcing landlords to let properties at low rents.
Case Study: A long-running battle with Trafford Council
After more than two years of prevarication and delayed proceedings due to Covid, a long-running battle with Trafford Council was finally settled.
Occupiers face new fines as part of VOA modernisation
There is a new obligation for owners and occupiers to inform the Valuation Office Agency of physical property and occupation changes, or else incur a fine.
Key things to know from the business rates review final report
The Fundamental Review of Business Rates was announced what seems like eons ago and the outcome has been delayed countless times since.
Mr Sunak, are you there?
There are a couple of announcements that are increasingly conspicuous in their absence.
Why you should look back at your 2017 rates assessment now
Rateable values are now dramatically out of sync with rental values.
Your quick rates update: yet more consultation, further Covid relief delays
The next business rates revaluation has changed more frequently than Dominic Cummings’ allegiances.
Occupiers swamped with VOA information requests
Occupiers are being inundated with requests for information on their property as the Valuation Office Agency gears up for Revaluation 2023.
Empty rates mitigation schemes under further scrutiny following Supreme Court decision
Rates mitigation is a subject well known to anyone in commercial property - but not necessarily well understood.
The April Fools of property rating descriptions
The new business rates year starts on 1 April and it seems an apt time to look at the weird and wonderful rating list descriptions that have built up.
Covid ‘not grounds’ for business rates reductions
The Government yesterday announced legislative changes to prevent the pandemic and potentially other “market-wide economic changes” being used as grounds to support reduced rateable values.
End in sight for Covid business rate appeals
If you haven’t taken action already then I’d urge you to act quickly before the opportunity is lost.
The business rate details behind the budget headlines
Hot on the heels of Wednesday’s budget, the government last night published the Local Authority guidance which clarifies the details of how the scheme will operate.
Budget 2021: Impact on business rates
Some staggering figures were announced in the Budget: £20bn in grants and £10bn of relief through the business rates system. What does this mean for councils and businesses?
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