Business rates: 600,000 businesses escape tax

Anyone investing in commercial property needs to take notice of the changes to business rates. Sarah Moore explains.

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London's business rates are set to rise by 14%

Next April, business rates (the tax paid on the occupation of non-residential property) are set to be revalued. That may not sound interesting, but if you're investing in commercial property you need to pay attention. Because, warns commercial property group Colliers International, the revaluation promises to produce the most significant changes to business rates in a generation, and could have a huge impact on property yields.

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Sarah is MoneyWeek's investment editor. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in English and History, before going on to complete a graduate diploma in law at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined MoneyWeek in 2014 and writes on funds, personal finance, pensions and property.