A wave of outrage is sweeping across Wales as hundreds of second-home and holiday let owners are being hit with unexpected and crippling five-figure council tax bills. The charges come in the wake of a change to business rate rules that was introduced by the Welsh Government last year.
The changes, enacted on April 1, 2023, raised the threshold for holiday properties to qualify for business rates, and thus be exempt from council tax. Previously the property only needed to be occupi...
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