local income tax

SNP MSP Joe FitzPatrick and Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney today welcomed the results of the Scottish Government’s consultation to scrap the unfair council tax with over half of all individual respondents supporting the SNP’s proposals for a Local Income Tax as fairer than the Council Tax.

SNP MSP and Finance Committee member Joe FitzPatrick today welcomed comments from John Swinney that the Scottish Government is actively considering exempting full-time students from paying for Local Income Tax.

Commenting on reports that Scottish LibDem leader Tavish Scott will call for a 2p cut in the basic rate of income tax SNP MSP Alex Neil, a member of the Scottish Parliament's Finance Committee, challenged him to explain where public spending cuts would be made to pay for the proposal.

SNP MSP Christine Grahame today welcomed the case made by Henry McLeish for Scotland to retain council tax benefit. Papers released under the Freedom of Information Act showed a dispute between the former First Minister and Alisdair Darling.

Commenting on the Legislative Programme announced by the First Minister in the Scottish Parliament today (Wednesday) SNP MSP Joe FitzPatrick, a member of the Finance Committee, welcomed the introduction of a bill to abolish the unfair Council Tax.

The SNP's proposals to scrap the unfair council tax and introduce a local income tax will benefit 72% of Glaswegians according to research by Glasgow City Council.

A poll which shows voters across all political parties were in favour of plans to scrap the council tax was welcomed today by the SNP.

More than half of Scots want to scrap the council tax and replace it with a local income tax, according to a new poll for the Daily Telegraph.