13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
So, the intention—. The reason why we've got the three years in the Bill is for the cycle to move to a three-yearly one, but providing that kind of level of flexibility that, were circumstances to change and the technology to develop—. But also in a way that…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
So, I've met with the VOA on a few occasions. I know that officials are in constant discussion with the VOA, so I might invite them in to reflect on that some more. But the VOA is on standby, if you like, for three-yearly revaluations for Wales, which would…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
No, I think what we're looking to do here in Wales actually, in this space, mirrors what's already happening or proposed to happen in England. And I know that, in Northern Ireland, they also intend to have their next revaluation in 2026 as well. So, in that…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Yes. So, I think this goes back to the key point about the cycle of revaluations that currently exist in terms of non-domestic rates. So, moving to three-yearly revaluations would respond to what businesses have been telling us that they want. And I think it…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
I think that I'm quite confident as to where we are with the Bill in the sense that this is something that is the product of an awful lot of work that we’ve done previous even to the consultation. So, you’ll recall that we’ve had a consultation already on the…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Perhaps I'll ask officials to say a bit more about what that would entail, but my understanding is that it would be an absolutely enormous piece of work, just given the fact we've got 30 years of amended legislation to deal with, and just that act of…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Yes, certainly. So, in recent years, we've had to rely on UK Government legislation to make changes that we considered to be important and desirable on 13 different occasions. An example of that would be to change the date of the revaluation for non-domestic…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Bangor University did some work for us, which we can share with the committee, which looked at what a vacant—a land value tax might look like in future. Sorry, I've got vacant land tax on the brain at the moment as well. [Laughter.]
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
So, that would definitely be a critical part of any land value tax model in future, and that's one of several reasons as to why it wouldn't be something that we would be able to introduce in the very short term. But it's something—. It was the Institute for…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
In parallel with this work, we are looking at what a land value tax might look like in future. So, we've said that by the end of this Senedd term, we would have some work done in that space, and it could then set out what a road map might look like, were…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
This isn't something that I would imagine—. A local income tax wouldn't be something that this Government would pursue for the reasons that we've set out. But there are other interesting models that you could look to in the future, for example a land value…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
We did look at alternative models during the work that we undertook in the last Senedd term. So, one of those models was a local income tax system. In the end, we decided that that wasn't something that we wanted to pursue, partly because property-based taxes…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Definitely, it will allow the non-domestic rates and council tax systems in future to be much more agile and responsive and enable Welsh Ministers to tailor the system to meet the particular needs of Wales, and also, of course, give us more power within the…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Well, the Bill forms an important part of our wider work that we're doing to reform council tax and non-domestic rates, and the legislative framework within which both of those local taxes operate is over 30 years old and it's been amended and changed so many…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
I'll just ask officials to introduce themselves, Chair.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau Amserol
Rwy’n ddiolchgar iawn am eich cyfres o gwestiynau. Felly, mewn perthynas ag unrhyw gais i adalw'r Senedd, mae yna broses wedi'i nodi yn y Rheolau Sefydlog, ac mae honno wedi'i dilyn. Fy marn i yw bod digon o gyfle i graffu ar y gyllideb ddrafft. Wrth gwrs…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau Amserol
Wel, yn amlwg, buaswn yn anghytuno â disgrifiad yr Aelod o’n gweithgarwch yn ystod y flwyddyn mewn ymateb i effaith chwyddiant ar y gyllideb, ond rwy’n derbyn nad dyna hanfod y cwestiwn heddiw, ac mae gennyf lythyr yr Aelod, a byddaf yn darparu ymateb iddo o…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau Amserol
Mae'r Swyddfa Cyfrifoldeb Cyllidebol yn darparu rhagolygon o'r refeniw trethi datganoledig yng Nghymru, sy'n elfen bwysig o rifyddeg cyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru. Bydd yn cyhoeddi ei hargraffiad diweddaraf o ragolygon trethi Cymru ochr yn ochr â'r gyllideb…
11 Rhagfyr 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Great. Diolch yn fawr.
11 Rhagfyr 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, that was one of the examples where you would have to have primary legislation to make changes. What this Bill would enable you to do would be to make changes through regulations, and it's still our intention to make some change in that space. But the Bill…
11 Rhagfyr 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
That's very generous. [Laughter.]
11 Rhagfyr 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, it will be on the face of the Bill.
11 Rhagfyr 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
It shouldn't. This is classic right-wing media, which has been whipping up a storm over the single person discount, and it's not going anywhere. It is going to be set out in legislation that there will be a single person discount, and we have been very clear…
11 Rhagfyr 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, the single person discount is set out in law at the moment, but it is attached to, for example, empty properties relief. Perhaps I will ask one of the team to provide a little bit more detail on that, but what it does is—
11 Rhagfyr 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think that we would abide by our usual public law duties. So, as opposed to having a duty on the face of the Bill to consult, we would consult as you would expect us to. Again, some of the changes that might need to be made are insignificant to people, if…
