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Furthermore, there is a structural failure in how the Valuation Office Agency assesses these unique spaces. Recording studios do not have their own category and are frequently misclassified as offices. This is nonsensical. Under office rules, a tenant is taxed on the square footage of internal walls. In a high-end studio, soundproofing can be three feet thick, occupying 30% of the floor plan. We are, in effect, taxing these businesses for the dead space that is essential to their craft.