The Unaccountability of Tax Devolution: A Case Study of Business Rates
Public Law
; 2022(1):38-54, 2022.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
This article examines the accountability arguments for business rates devolution and shows them to be weak. They are undermined by the economic incoherence of the tax, the complexity of devolved powers and a lack of transparency around the use of powers. These problems resonate with a widely held belief that business rates ought to be repealed and replaced with a more carefully designed tax, especially in response to the pressures placed on the system by COVID-19. We are not hostile to these ideas but doubt the likelihood of rapid implementation, and therefore focus on the existing system, paying special regard to the COVID reliefs of 2020 and 2021. We suggest incremental improvements that could reinforce the accountability justifications for devolution;these might be useful even in the event that radical reforms are enacted. © 2021 Thomson Reuters and Contributors.
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English
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Public Law
Year:
2022
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