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Labour could launch another raid on Brits' holidays by taxing short-term lets as second homes.
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Labour → see → homes
Properties routinely rented out on platforms such as Airbnb can currently pay business rates instead of council tax in England.
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Properties → rent → England
They have to meet thresholds including being available to let for at least 140 days a year - and actually let for at least 70.
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They → have → 70
But the Government has confirmed it is considering 'concerns' that the rates relief available for small businesses is being used to 'manage tax liabilities'.
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relief → confirm → liabilities
One change being mooted is subjecting all self-catered accommodation to council tax.
But there are warnings that would add thousands of pounds of costs to many owners - which could force them to sell up or increase prices for holiday-makers.
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which → moot → makers
The potential move has been highlighted after the Government announced details of its 'tourist tax', allowing local mayors to impose percentage charges on overnight stays.
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mayors → highlight → stays
The Government has confirmed it is considering 'concerns' that the rates relief available for small businesses is being used to 'manage tax liabilities' on short-term lets.
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relief → confirm → lets
Pictured, Chancellor John Healey and Andy Burnham
Holiday lets in areas such as Cornwall could be affected by the crackdown
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lets → picture → crackdown
In response to a Commons written question, Treasury minister James Murray said the Government backed 'positive investment that supports local economies and genuine small businesses'.
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that → write → economies
But he added: 'Concerns have been raised about Small Business Rates Relief being used by second homeowners whose main aim is not to operate a local business but to manage tax liabilities.'
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aim → add → liabilities
Mr Murray said ministers were seeking 'stakeholder input on the tax treatment of short-term lets, such as self-catering accommodation' and would make announcements 'in due course'.
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ministers → say → course
Shadow chief secretary Richard Fuller said Labour was 'looking for ways to pull more and more people into scope for its crippling taxes including with a holiday cottage tax'.
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Labour → say → tax
Alistair Handyside, chairman of the Professional Association of Self-Caterers, told the Telegraph
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Handyside → tell → Caterers
an average holiday-let owner could face up to £3,000 in extra annual costs.
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owner → face → costs
He said: 'The average self-catering business owns 1.2 properties and it is usually a second income, often run by working mothers or retired people...
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it → say → mothers
I can tell you that the Government already takes more money out of my business every year than my wife and I do.
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wife → tell → business
What the Government doesn't realise is that holiday lets provide the bed space for people visiting areas that don't have the hotel spaces that London and big cities have.
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London → realise → that
If the bed spaces decline, so does the local economy.
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economy → decline → ?
Business rates are paid based on the 'rateable value' of a property - the market rent it would attract.
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it → pay → property
In response to a Commons written question, Treasury minister James Murray said the Government backed 'positive investment that supports local economies and genuine small businesses'
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that → write → economies
There are no charges if the rateable value is £12,000 or less and it is the only property a business uses.
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business → be → ?
Relief tapers off for rateable values between £12,001 and £15,000.
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Relief → taper → values
A Treasury spokesman said: 'The Chancellor is fully focused on his priorities, to give families and businesses a bit of breathing space, back British jobs, and drive growth in every postcode, underpinned by a commitment to meet the fiscal rules.
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Chancellor → say → rules
'As has always been the case, decisions on tax are a matter for the Chancellor to set out at fiscal events, rather than routinely commenting on rumour, speculation or proposals.'
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Chancellor → set → rumour
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