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<p><b>Business rates</b> is the commonly used name of <b>Non-Domestic <a href="page.php?w=Rates_%28tax%29">Rates</a></b> in <a href="page.php?w=Scotland">Scotland</a>, a tax on occupation of non-domestic property. Rates are a <a href="page.php?w=property_tax">property tax</a> used to fund <a href="page.php?w=Local_government_in_Scotland">local services</a> that dates back to the <a href="page.php?w=Scottish_poor_laws">Poor Law</a>.</p>

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<p>The Poor Law introduced in <a href="page.php?w=Scotland">Scotland</a> in 1579 provided for</p><p>
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