Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter Councils across England are likely to start legal battles to claw back ‘millions’ in unpaid taxes, thanks to a ‘landmark’ ruling by the Supreme Court.
Local authorities may have been bolstered to launch proceedings against businesses which have failed to pay the ‘fair amount’ of tax, after Wigan council and others took a handful of businesses to court.
The authorities wanted to challenge a ‘widespread’ tactic some companies use to avoid paying business rates – renting out their properties to companies they themselves have set up which are very quickly wound down, liquidated or dissolved.
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