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UKHospitality has launched a new online tool for hospitality teams to write to their MP, urging Government action at the Budget.| UKHospitality
Thirty-five per cent of pub operators could have to close their doors if tax pressures on the sector aren’t reduced in the autumn Budget. That’s according to the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), following a survey of its members. Despite a strong summer of trading for many, with 60% seeing turnover equal to or greater […] The post Pub closure fears ahead of Budget first appeared on Beer Today. The post Pub closure fears ahead of Budget appeared first on Beer Today.| Beer Today
Fixing sudden jumps in business rates when a business opens a second property are among the business rates reforms being considered by the government. Publishing a business rates interim report following consultation with business groups and others, the Treasury said it will look at fixing “cliff edges” that can discourage small business investment and growth. […] The post Government promises business rates reform appeared first on SME Magazine.| SME Magazine
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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
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