This presentation was given at a CIOT/IFS debate on 'Taxing commercial property – time to tweak business rates or replace with a land value tax?', held in London on 18 June 2019.
You can find the event page here: https://www.ifs.org.uk/events/1705
Authors

Senior Economist
Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.
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- IFS
Suggested citation
Adam, S. (2019). 'Business rates and land value taxation' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/business-rates-and-land-value-taxation (accessed: 24 June 2025).
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