Empty Property: Business Rates
Commons · Question 42726 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help tackle the practice of landlords repeatedly occupying properties for short periods of time in order to claim further Empty Property Relief.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 8 Apr 2025
This government will not tolerate tax avoidance. We are committed to ensuring that every person and every business pays their fair share. Most businesses pay the rates that are due, but a minority abuse the system, through either avoidance or evasion, to ...