P-06-1289 Agree 105 day occupancy, not 182 days, to distinguish holiday let businesses from second homes
P-06-1289 Agree 105 day occupancy, not 182 days, to distinguish holiday let businesses from second homes
This
petition was submitted by Linda Davies, having collected a total of 3,332
signatures.
Text of Petition:
As part of its tax policy
to limit the number of second homes, Welsh Government wishes to better
distinguish between legitimate furnished holiday lets and second homes. The
draft Order, despite contrary advice from its own consultation, raises the
level of occupancy required for business status from 70 to 182. This is
unachievable for most FHLs, which will either close or be reclassfied as second
homes as a result. We propose a threshold of 105 days, a 50% rise, in line with
HMRC definitions.
Additional Information:
Wales Tourism Alliance, UK
Hospitality Cymru and the Professional Association of Self Caterers have
gathered evidence from c.1500 small Welsh businesses to show the damaging
unintended consequences to Welsh livelihoods and communities of a 182 day
threshold. It indicates that it will not achieve its policy intention of
limiting second homes, but that it will reduce the number of local Welsh
businesses. The report and supporting body of evidence supporting this petition
can be found at https://www.pascuk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/UKH.WTA_.PASC-BoE-1500-080422.docx
The draft Order is the
Non-Domestic Rating (Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022.
This petition was considered completed by
the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 05/12/2022.
The
Committee considered the petition and agreed to inform the petitioner of the
Welsh Government consultations taking place on the issue. Members agreed that
they have taken the petition as far as it can and closed the petition and
thanked the petitioner for raising the issue.
Full
details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related
documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.
It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 10/10/2022.
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
First published: 30/06/2022