Parking levy and tourist tax powers for Scottish councils

FUNDING

Andrew Forster
15 February 2019
 

The Scottish Government is to give councils the powers to implement a workplace parking levy and a transient visitor levy – or tourist tax – both of which could fund local transport improvements. 

A commitment to the powers features in a deal struck between the minority SNP Government and the Green Party, which will ensure the Greens support the Government’s 2019/20 budget. 

Derek Mackay, Scotland’s cabinet secretary for finance, economy and fair work, told...

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