London companies are concerned about overpriced business tariffs
According to the new survey of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), 44 percent of London businesses are concerned about the forthcoming reassessment of business rates in the UK (the property tax). Business rates are generally remeasured every five years when the government adjusts the value of the business rates to reflect changes in the real estate market. The new rates will be determined and announced on October 2016 and come into force from April 2017. In addition, according to the changes announced in the 2016 fiscal year, the administration of the business rates will be simplified, as from 2020 a mechanism for increasing the power will be switched from the index of retail prices in the consumer price index. Greater London Authority will move towards the full retention of business rates since April 2017. LCCI stated that among the companies that have in its structure 10 or more people, 55 percent of respondents were concerned about the forthcoming adjustments. Half of the respondents said they do not know whether they will be able to benefit from the additional business rates. Furthermore, 42 percent of respondents said they believe that the transferred...