Sam Rowlands, Member of the Welsh Parliament for North Wales, has called for council tax exemptions for those who provide respite care in Wales.
Speaking in the Senedd, Mr Rowlands, Shadow Minister for Local Government urged Rebecca Evans, Finance and Local Government Minister, to reassess council tax premiums for properties owned by charities.
The main exemption put in place in relation to planning conditions specifies properties may only be used for holiday lets et cetera. I also noted the other exemptions sought by these businesses in Wales, in particular, for registered charities which provide respite for carers and properties that cater for those people with special needs.
The Minister said local authorities will be looking at revised and refreshed guidance, when they believe that there is a real case for an individual property or a group of properties or a category of properties locally to be exempted.
Mr Rowlands added:
I am pleased to hear that local authorities have been given more guidance on this and hope that registered charities who own properties and provide respite care will be considered for council tax exemptions.
Sam Rowlands AS am i Lywodraeth Cymru ailasesu premiymau'r dreth gyngor ar gyfer eiddo sy’n berchen i elusennau
Mae Sam Rowlands, Aelod o’r Senedd dros Ogledd Cymru, wedi galw am esemptiadau rhag talu’r dreth gyngor i'r rhai sy'n darparu gofal seibiant yng Nghymru.
Wrth siarad yn y Senedd, anogodd Mr Rowlands, Gweinidog Llywodraeth Leol yr Wrthblaid Rebecca Evans, y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol, i ailasesu premiymau'r dreth gyngor ar gyfer eiddo sy'n eiddo i elusennau.
Mae'r prif esemptiad a roddwyd ar waith mewn perthynas ag amodau cynllunio yn pennu y gellir dim ond defnyddio eiddo ar gyfer llety gwyliau ac ati. Nodais hefyd yr esemptiadau eraill a geisir gan y busnesau hyn yng Nghymru, yn benodol, ar gyfer elusennau cofrestredig sy'n darparu seibiant i ofalwyr ac eiddo sy'n darparu ar gyfer y rhai ag anghenion arbennig.
Dywedodd y Gweinidog y bydd awdurdodau lleol yn edrych ar ganllawiau diwygiedig ac wedi’u hailwampio, os byddan nhw’n credu bod achos go iawn dros esemptio eiddo unigol neu grŵp o eiddo neu gategori o eiddo yn lleol.
Ychwanegodd Mr Rowlands:
Mae'n bleser clywed bod awdurdodau lleol wedi cael mwy o arweiniad ar hyn ac rwy’n gobeithio y bydd elusennau cofrestredig sy'n berchen ar eiddo ac yn darparu gofal seibiant yn cael eu hystyried ar gyfer esemptiadau treth gyngor.
