Tourist Tax Debate Again

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  • mickysf
    mickysf Club Member Posts: 6,492
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    edited August 2024 #32

    For us mere mortal tourons I guess we just need to wait and see what the powers that be profess to be the appropriate method and rate. Then we can go on the offensive!😉

  • eurortraveller
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    edited August 2024 #33

    An offensive? For 50 pence per night? Pass. 

  • GEandGJE
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    edited August 2024 #34

    I personally think that when a Local Authority has announced a Tourist Tax, the level it will be and how it will be collected the time for debate is over. The time is now for people to make objections and the club is doing that on our behalf.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited August 2024 #35

    Forgive me GE, I haven’t found anything about the Club objecting to Tourist taxes. Do you have a link at all? Appreciate it might just be Scotland and Wales at the moment.

  • GEandGJE
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    edited August 2024 #36

    If I remember correctly it was in an editorial of the club magazine or MMM magazine when the subject of a Tourist Tax in Wales was first mentioned a while back or at a regional Ask the Members meeting.   I think the club are part of a interested group of parties opposed to the introduction of such a tax.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited August 2024 #37

    Thanks for that, I seldom read the Club Mag, so probably missed it. 

  • Navigateur
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    edited August 2024 #38

    So if I were to be charged an extra tax for staying away from home because of my contribution to increased costs for local services then surely I am entitled to a refund on the council tax I have paid for the period of time I am not staying at home?

  • TimboC
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    edited August 2024 #39

    Of course you're not entitled to a refund of council tax at home. Presumably you'll still want schools, fire brigade, police etc to be paid for while you're away, as well as refuse collection etc?

     

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited August 2024 #40

    I think you forgot to add 😂😂😂😂

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited August 2024 #41

    If taxes, more, different, slightly higher mean I can live on a cleaned street, even paving, no potholes, parks and gardens/woodlands well kept, swimming pools and leisure facilities better maintained, tourist information offices still open, (I’m sure others can think of other examples) than bring it on.

    My own LA has been stripped to the bones compared when I worked for it, and the results are either sad to see or filling the private coffers of contractors who are failing to deliver adequate services. You can’t even visit a public loo in some places, so as we know from the hoards descending upon places during COVID, the results are not very nice at all. 

  • LLM
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    edited August 2024 #42

    A wonderful idea but somehow I just can't see it happening 😉😀.

  • Cornersteady
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    edited August 2024 #43

    I was trying to find to what's the club view is on this.

    This was Rowena's' response last time this the Scottish tax was discussed 

    Posted on 15/01/2019 16:55
     
    I have spoken to my colleague who has advised that this is still at the consultation phase, and the Club is fully aware of the situation and has been part of the process.

    No decisions have been made regarding the scale of charges, which tourism businesses will be affected or the geographic boundaries of any schemes that may be implemented. Once we have further information we will let you know. 

    So four and a half years have gone and it's still not here. Based on that is there anything to worry about?

    For me it will either happen or not. 

  • mickysf
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    edited October 2024 #44

    Still no meat on those bones but this may now be of interest.

    Here

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited October 2024 #45

    And then we have South West Water's way of doing it. They are starting a trial of charging domestic users and businesses more for water in the summer months when usage is higher and less in winter. They say it will be fairer and ensure people pay for what they use. Perhaps I’m wrong but I thought that was exactly the reason we have meters🤷🏻‍♂️.

    Inevitably those higher charges will be passed on to visitors by businesses so will be a form of tourist tax but the domestic user has no such option.

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