Glasgow councillors have agreed to bring in a new tourist tax for the city as soon as possible.
Glasgow councillors have agreed to bring in a new tourist tax for the city as soon as possible with hopes it could raise millions.There are hopes it could be brought into force as soon as the financial year 2026 to 2027 – in year three of the council’s current budget.meeting to kick start the process to make the visitor levy a reality and said: “There is no time to waste.”
He said: “There is more than enough money out there in this country to fund public services properly to tackle the climate crisis, to lift children out of poverty. We just need to tax it fairly.” Although calling for the levy to be introduced as soon as possible he pointed out that Scottish Government legislation is “restrictive” in what the tourist tax can be spent on and it can’t be used to solve “budget problems.”
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