New Taxes

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:53 pm on 25 November 2020.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 1:53, 25 November 2020

I accept that it would be very difficult to bring in new taxes before the end of this Senedd term, which is only four or five months away, but the Welsh Government can make changes to existing taxes. Will you consider adding more, higher bands to council tax? It seems to me ridiculous that somebody paying £400,000 for a house, or has a house in the £400,000 bracket, is paying the same council tax as somebody with a £2.5 million or £3 million house. Also, something that is a recurring theme—stopping properties built as residential properties from being registered as small businesses and getting small business rate relief.