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I call on
the SNP to come clean on the true cost to Cunninghame North’s businesses of
their
plans for independence.
The SNP’s proposals to replace council tax with a
local income tax showed their disregard for
the local business community.
Local Labour MSP Allan
Wilson has today warned the local business community about new burdens they
would face under the SNP’s costly plans for separation and a local income
tax.
The Cunninghame North MSP was speaking following a report in the Scotland on
Sunday which surveyed 9,000 businesses across Scotland and showed that
two-thirds of respondents opposed both independence and fiscal autonomy.
In a letter to local businesses the Labour MSP warned that the SNP’s
proposals to replace council tax with a local income tax showed their
disregard for the local business community.
The Labour politician said: “The SNP’s costly plans would place a duty on
employers and local businesses to administer the new tax, requiring new IT
systems for every employer. The SNP’s expensive local income tax will also
force businesses to track employees, adding another level of bureaucracy and
cost employers an estimated £100 million alongside an income tax rate
significantly above the rest of the UK.”
“For example, under SNP plans, a local company like RDK Construction based
in Saltcoats, could have employees travelling from Wemyss Bay, Kilmarnock,
Largs, Troon, Johnstone, Hamilton and Glasgow could be paying seven
different rates of income tax, and could be liable under the SNP's plans to
be paying for the full administration of that system.
“I urge local businesses to reject the SNP’s plans and I call on the SNP to
come clean on the true cost to Cunninghame North’s businesses of their plans
for independence.
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