Empty Property: Business Rates — Written Question

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op) — Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of practices of landlords repeatedly occupying properties for short periods of time in order to claim further Empty Property Relief on local government fin

Answer

James Murray

This government will not tolerate tax avoidance. We are committed to ensuring that every person and every business pays their fair share. Most businesses pay the rates that are due, but a minority abuse the system, through either avoidance or evasion, to ...

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