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'Smoking ban: pubs entitled to cut in business rates''Smoking ban: pubs entitled to cut in business rates'
Pubs across the country have lost so much trade as a result of the smoking ban that some are now entitled to a tax cut. The hardest-hit establishments could be in line for reductions in their business rates, potentially worth thousands of pounds a year, according to newly-disclosed official documents. The decision has come about because tax inspectors, after consulting legal counsel, now accept that the smoking ban represents a "material change" to the trading position of pubs - The Sunday Telegraph
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