Meetings

Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 25/06/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill: Discussion of briefing session

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered the briefing received.

 


Meeting: 25/06/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill: Factual briefing from Welsh Government

Minutes:

6.1 The Welsh Government briefed the Committee on the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill.

 


Meeting: 17/06/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 1)

1 Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill: Consideration of applications for expert adviser

Paper 1 – Applications

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

1.1 The Committee considered the applications and the Clerk will contact the preferred candidate.


Meeting: 21/05/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

6 Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales: Consideration of draft report

Paper 2 – Draft report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee agreed the draft report with some minor amendments.


Meeting: 13/05/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 9)

Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

9.1 The Committee considered the evidenced received.


Meeting: 13/05/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales: Evidence session 6

Doug Stoneham, Senior Policy Adviser, Devolution, HMRC

Sarah Walker, Head of Devolution Team, HMRC

 

Paper 4 – Additional information from the Welsh Local Government Association

Paper 5 – Additional information provided by the Revenue Scotland Board

Paper 6 - Additional information provided by Revenue Scotland

Research brief

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Doug Stoneham and Dr Marie-Claire Uhart, HMRC.

 

5.2 Members noted the additional information provided by Revenue Scotland and the Welsh Local Government Association.


Meeting: 29/04/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales: Evidence Session 3

Eleanor Emberson, Chief Executive, Revenue Scotland

Dr Keith Nicholson, Chair, Revenue Scotland

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Minutes:

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Eleanor Emberson, Chief Executive, Revenue Scotland.

 

4.2 Eleanor Emberson agreed to forward a note provided by Dr Keith Nicholson, Chair, Revenue Scotland Board in his absence.


Meeting: 29/04/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

6 Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales: Evidence Session 5

Gerald Holtham

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee took evidence from Gerald Holtham.


Meeting: 29/04/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales: Evidence Session 4

Kay Powell, Policy Adviser, The Law Society

Mark Evans, Partner, Allington Hughes

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Minutes:

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Kay Powell, Policy Adviser, The Law Society and Mark Evans, Partner, Allington Hughes.

 

5.2 Kay Powell agreed to provide the Committee with the number of people who undertake their own conveyancing and the figures around lawyers failing to pay stamp duty land tax.


Meeting: 29/04/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)

Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee considered the evidenced received.


Meeting: 23/04/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Collection and Management of Devolved Taxes in Wales: Evidence Session 2

Iestyn Davies, Senior Head of External Affairs (Devolved Nations), Federation of Small Businesses

Janet Jones, Chair of Welsh Policy Unit, Federation of Small Businesses Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1     The Committee took evidence from the Federation of Small Businesses Wales on its inquiry into Collection and Management of Devolved Taxes in Wales and agreed to provide information on governance.


Meeting: 23/04/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Collection and Management of Devolved Taxes in Wales: Evidence Session 1

Jon Rae, Director of Resources, Welsh Local Government Association

Gary Watkins, Revenue Services Manager, Cardiff Council

Nick Jones, Service Director for Operational Finance, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

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Minutes:

4.1     The Committee took evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association, Cardiff Council and Rhondda Cynon Taf Council for its inquiry into Collection and Management of Devolved Taxes in Wales.

 

4.2     The Welsh Local Government Association agreed to provide information on benchmarking the costs of collection of council tax and non-domestic rates.


Meeting: 19/03/2015 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)

8 Collection of devolved taxes: Approach to scrutiny

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.1     Members considered the approach to scrutiny for the Committee’s inquiry into Collection of Devolved Taxes.


Meeting: 12/11/2014 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

White Paper - Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales: Factual briefing

FIN(4)-22-14 Paper 1 White Paper - Collection and Management of Devolved Taxes in Wales

Research brief

 

Andrew Jeffreys - Director Treasury, Welsh Government

Georgina Haarhoff - Head of Tax Policy and Legislation, Welsh Government

Richard Clarke - Tax Collection & Management: policy and bill manager, Welsh Government

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee received a factual briefing from Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury and Georgina Haarhoff, Head of Tax Policy and Legislation, Welsh Government on the Collection and management of devolved taxes in Wales White Paper.