Property taxes are probably more in need of reform than any other area of UK tax. We have three taxes on property: stamp duty (SDLT), council tax and business rates. They’re bad taxes: they’re unpopular, inequitable, and they hold back growth. There is a way to change this, and tax land in a way that […]| Tax Policy Associates Ltd
BBC Merseyside is reporting on a ludicrous attempt to avoid business rates using snails. It is so stupid that I cannot do justice to it – please read the story (radio version here). This is, however, just one of many stupid schemes to avoid business rates. And the bizarre thing is that historically they have […]| Tax Policy Associates Ltd
Landlords of 613 pubs have signed an open letter to the chancellor urging her to reform business rates to provide "breathing space to invest” in their pubs| Beer Today - British beer news, blog and events listings, updated daily
Given the nature of the growing digital global economy, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) continue to confront the need for moving money across borders quickly, easily and most importantly, inexpensively. Traditional finance systems have and continue to be expensive, slow, sprawling systems that are laden with bureaucracy and disorganisation, especially when used for cross-border transactions. […] The post API for Global Stablecoin Payments appeared first on SME Magazine.| SME Magazine
The Scottish Government has committed to implement the recommendations of an independent review of the rates system ‘before 2029’| sltn.co.uk