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<p>The government keeps all taxes under review.</p><p> </p><p>The government completed
a fundamental review of business rates in 2016. Respondents were in favour of retaining
a property based tax, and agreed that business rates are easy to collect, difficult
to avoid, stable, and clearly linked to local government spending.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative
taxes were proposed, but there was no consensus on these options and respondents were
clear that they each presented their own significant challenges. At Budget 2018 the
government announced Our Plan for the High Street, which includes a new retail discount
cutting eligible retailers’ business rates bills by a third for two years from April
2019.</p>
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