UKIP opposes any retrospective taxation on business
Published Sep 10, 2017
Letters sent out to thousands of small businesses demanding back dated
taxes by the Valuation Office Agency have been attacked by
UKIP.
Ernie Warrender, UKIP's Small Business spokesman said, "UKIP has added
its weight to the welcome cross party review of the pernicious application of
the retrospective "staircase tax" on many small businesses in England, back to
2015 and potentially 2010 in Wales.
"This is utterly unacceptable. No business, especially SME's can be
subject to retrospective taxation of this nature. When will The Governments of
this country stop penalising our own businesses".
As the Federation of Small Business so rightly puts it,
"No small business should receive a sudden tax hike of 5,000% simply because a workspace has been separated, for years, by a communal area, stairway or lift. Some small business owners are discussing whether to knock holes in their walls or stick a staircase on the outside of their premises".
"No small business should receive a sudden tax hike of 5,000% simply because a workspace has been separated, for years, by a communal area, stairway or lift. Some small business owners are discussing whether to knock holes in their walls or stick a staircase on the outside of their premises".
