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Fears that Scottish business and landlords would have to suffer the consequence of extra charges were realised yesterday, as controversial measure to charge Empty Rates on all commercial premises was passed by 66 votes to 20 in the Scottish Assembly. Landlords in Scotland are now the latest victims of empty rates legislation, which has seen…
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Working with our client we devised an empty rates mitigation strategy involving temporary occupation of the property resulting in savings of circa £17,000 in empty rates to our client in the current year.
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We appealed the 2010 rating assessment on the grounds that the rateable value was excessive and successfully achieved a reduction in the rateable value of more that 30%, resulting in significant savings for our client.
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This property was recently purchased by a client and we appealed against rateable value on the grounds of a material change in circumstance resulting in a reduction in the rateable value from £69,000 to £60,000.
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A modern single storey industrial estate in prominent position fronting East Lancs Road where we appealed against the rateable value of £126,000 and had this reduced to £92,000.
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Full business rates are due on empty commercial properties that remain unoccupied after three months, six months in the case of industrial properties. However, charities occupying commercial property qualify for a mandatory 80% discount on business rates, provided the property is used wholly or mainly for charitable purposes. Local authorities also have the discretion to…
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The Government has delivered another blow to the struggling economy by postponing the 2015 rates revaluation until 2017. The effect of this will mean all businesses will continue to pay businesses rates based on “top of the market 2008 rents” for a further two years. The planned 2015 revaluation would have meant Business Rates being…
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