At its meeting on 18 November 2020 the Local Government and Communities Committee took evidence on the instrument from:
Ben Macpherson, Minister for Public Finance & Migration
Ian Storrie, Head of Non-Domestic Rates Policy
Anouk Berthier, Non-Domestic Rates Team Leader, Scottish Government
In his opening statement, the Minister for Public Finance & Migration explained that the option of a maintaining a 2022 revaluation with a 2021 tone date was rejected on the basis of risk and a lack of robust evidence to justify a 2021 tone date. Their decision took into account...