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Radio Merseyside,3 mins
Snails lead to a row about tax avoidance?
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A Liverpool city centre building is under investigation for allegedly housing a "snail farm" in an effort to reduce business rates. Authorities found 15 crates of snails on the premises, raising suspicions that the setup was intended to exploit a tax loophole. Under current law, this could qualify as "agricultural use" and this part of the building would arguably be exempt from business rates.
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