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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
Okay. It was just interesting to try and understand that. Thank you, Sam.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
Can I just come in on that scaling up? Was there any consideration given in your discussions with the Government to do a rolling monthly return for people, rather than quarterly or biannually, because that would try and smooth out those peaks and troughs?…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
Okay, thank you. Sam.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
Thank you very much. Based on that, before I bring Sam in after this—it’s probably your expertise here, Anthony; it’s more of the cybersecurity aspect—the more people you’ve got accessing data or inputting data, the greater the potential for some…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
I think we had evidence that said that this might be the fiftieth visitor levy, or in that order anyway. Sorry.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
Thank you very much. I'll bring Mike Hedges in at this point. If you could unmute Mike for me. Thank you. There we are, Mike.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
So, filling out the forms, it will be, effectively, prepopulated in very simple terms, because it’s already there.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
Of course, yes.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
And finally from me—I’ll bring Mike Hedges in after this—you touched on the fact that this is in two parts. So, you’ve got the levy itself, and then you’ve got the register. And, from the documentation, the indication is that it will be upon yourselves to…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
The other big client in all of this will be local authorities, the ones that choose to implement the levy. So, how's your communication been with those local authorities regarding the proposals, and what preparations have you started to make with some of…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
So, with having—. Your main clients currently—and correct me if I'm wrong—are, potentially, solicitors, accountants, that sort of professional body of people. Your clients could be very different and of a much broader scale, and potentially the way that you…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
You're responsible for LTT and LDT—land transaction tax and landfill disposals tax—and you administer those taxes on behalf of the Welsh Government. What have you been able to learn from those experiences in developing the process to collect and manage the…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
And in those conversations, have you been able to influence changes to some of the things that would have been problematic for you, but have been changed?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
Croeso cynnes. A warm welcome to you to this session. We've got a lot of ground to cover, so brevity is the word of the day today, I think. So, I wanted to start by exploring the WRA's functions outlined in the Bill, and I'll bring in Members on that. But I'd…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
Croeso.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4
So, we'll move on, therefore, to our first substantive item of the day. The focus for our day today is the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill. This is evidence session 4, and it's with the Welsh Revenue Authority, and I'd like to…
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Papers to note
If we move on to item 4. Item 4 is papers to note, and are we okay to note the papers? Yes, I see agreement there.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Lovely. Diolch yn fawr for that.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch yn fawr. And Rhianon.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Croeso cynnes i'r cyfarfod yma o'r Pwyllgor Cyllid. Mae gennym ni ddiwrnod hir o'n blaenau ni; mae gennym ni lot o dystiolaeth i'w chymryd y bore yma. Fel rydych chi'n gwybod, mae'r cyfarfod yma yn ddwyieithog ac yn cael ei ddarlledu'n fyw ar Senedd.tv…
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Short Debate: Will the bells of Rhymney fall silent? Protecting community assets in the Valleys
It's a subject that's very close to my heart and I've supported groups that have sought to hold on to such cherished community assets, but have had the odds stacked against them. The private market usually has much deeper pockets than resident co-operatives…
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Short Debate: Will the bells of Rhymney fall silent? Protecting community assets in the Valleys
Thank you very much, Delyth, for this short debate.
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Debate on the Finance Committee Report, 'Financial Transactions Capital'
So, just to conclude, Dirprwy Lywydd, Members will be more than aware that capital funding has been in short supply over recent years, so this is one way of doing it. And as a committee, we are also firm believers in good scrutiny and the ability to bring…
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Debate on the Finance Committee Report, 'Financial Transactions Capital'
And I thank Siân for the intervention on housing—that's extremely important.
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Debate on the Finance Committee Report, 'Financial Transactions Capital'
It is an interesting but complex—you know, it's simple but complex, and that's the aspect that came through in this: how do you present very complicated things in a simple enough way for people to understand how they're used? And how do you do that linking…
