Doubts cast over bed tax
EDINBURGH’s plans for a tourist tax have been thrown into doubt after the Scottish Government said it had no plans to change the law to allow the scheme.
The city council would almost certainly need permission from the government to introduce the new tax on hotels to help pay for marketing of the city and contribute to the cost of the festivals.
But the government said tourism businesses already paid high taxes. A spokeswoman said: “We have yet to see proposals from Edinburgh City Council, but there are no current plans to introduce legislation to allow local authorities to levy a tourism tax.”
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Alex.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 09:58 AMIt wouldn't be the tourist industry paying the tax. They would only be collecting it on behalf of the council. Simple.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 01:27 AM#921....Monday 12th December "Tourism employs 270000 people in Scotland in 20000 diverse businesses" = fantasy .... Facts....(SIC 2007) I Accommodation and Food Service Activities......................................... Enterprises 14,465.................................................................................. Employment 132,000.............................................................................. http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/statistics/docs/e/eeda%20-%20finalised-static-tables-for-the-business-population-estimates-2011-edition-october-2011.xls
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