Rejected petition Make sure small businesses paying council tax get the same financial help as business rates payers .

Many successful small businesses have been barred from accessing any financial help due to the fact that they pay council tax and not business rates . B&B’s have a particular problem as most are the primary home and therefore pay council tax . These businesses have obviously been very badly affected .Most had no income for months . Yes despite being lobbied the Welsh government have refused to help.If this continues then this section of the vital tourist industry will cease to exist .

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.

The Petitions Committee has recently considered a petition on this issue:
https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/200075

Details of the Committee’s consideration of this issue can be found here: https://business.senedd.wales/ieIssueDetails.aspx?IId=28922&Opt=3

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Date submitted 25 October 2020
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