The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has challenged the case for introducing an online sales tax to fund new Business Rates reliefs. The Government itself suspects that these reliefs will lead to higher commercial rents, so benefiting landlords rather than retailers. In any event, it is disproportionate to introduce a whole new tax as a way of dealing with issues with an existing one.
Source: tax.org.uk
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