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By: Alex White

Alex is an Associate Partner in EY's Business Rates team.

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  • Reforming business rates – is Land Value Tax really a viable alternative?

    City Talk

    The Business Rates system has long been considered by businesses as outdated and in need of reform. It imposes its tax burden whether the business is “in the red or the black”, i.e. profitable or not.  Also, whilst purported to be a tax on business collected by means of property, it has a distinct bias [...]

    Phoenix Life Limited, the majority shareholder of UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) has torpedoed the company's merger with peer Picton.

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