High street watches anxiously as supermarkets go to court over business rates on ATMs

摘要

Five years ago, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) attempted to introduce business rates on ATMs. Small businesses and big supermarkets with ATMs were suddenly lumped with a one-off bill which had been backdated to 2010. In reaction, a group of three of the UK's biggest supermarket chains (The Co-op, Tesco, and Sainsbury's) and Cardtronics (one of the world's biggest ATM providers) joined forces to fight against the decision that retailers should have to pay business rates on ATMs.