Steve Double MP raises holiday home tax loophole at PMQs
Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay, has today raised the issue of holiday home owners using a loophole to avoid paying council tax on their properties, in Prime Minister’s Questions.
Some holiday home owners register their properties as businesses thereby avoiding Council Tax and benefit from small business rates relief which means they pay no tax whatsoever. This effectively takes them out of contributing to the cost of local services altogether. This is unfair on the majority of people in Cornwall who pay their local taxes.
Commenting after PMQs, Steve said:
“I recently met with the new Local Government Minister and raised this issue. It is clearly an unfair gap in existing regulations and one that needs to be closed as soon as possible.”
“I was pleased to be able to raise the unfairness of this loophole in Parliament today and I will continue to press the government to find a common sense solution that ensures everyone pays their share towards local services.”