A Bill to require the Secretary of State to commission a programme of research into the merits of replacing the Council Tax and Non-domestic rates in England with an annual levy on the unimproved value of all land, including transitional arrangements; to report to Parliament within 12 months of completion of the research; and for connected purposes
House of Commons
26 April 2013
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This bill would start a process to study whether England should replace Council Tax and business rates with an annual levy charged on the unimproved value of all land. It requires the government to commission research into the idea and to report back to Parliament within 12 months after the research is finished, including any transitional arrangements. The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons.
The bill has completed its 1st reading in the Commons and is now at the 2nd reading stage in the same house.
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