Weaknesses in the Tax System

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 24 January 2018.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 1:36, 24 January 2018

(Translated)

I wanted to raise the issue of taxing holiday homes and second homes. Steffan Lewis and I sent you a letter before Christmas, noting concerns about the issue of second homes transferring into the holiday home category in order to avoid paying council tax. There are 500 properties that have been transferred from council tax to business tax in Wales, leading to a loss of over £1.7 million to the public purse. You responded by saying that some action had been taken in order to tackle the problem, but how confident are you that the rules that you have introduced into the system are going to tackle this problem in full? Doesn’t far more need to be done, if truth be told?