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★ Featured30 September 2026·9 min read

The Scottish Visitor Levy: The Accounting Complications the Scheme Design Has Handed Operators

Edinburgh's levy went live on 24 July 2026, Highland is consulting, Glasgow and Aberdeen are queued for 2027. VAT treatment, platform remittance and the mismatch between VisitScotland's 'may or may not' guidance and Edinburgh Council's insistence on gross are the operator-facing pain points. The ASSC's fixed-rate alternative — the model Highland has adopted — would solve most of them.

By STL Accounting and Finance

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5 September 2026·7 min read

The Welsh Visitor Levy: The Accounting Mechanics Operators Need to Set Up Now

The Welsh visitor levy will come into force in individual local authority areas from 2027 at the earliest. This is what STL operators in Wales need to have set up before the first authority switches it on: booking-level rate capture, VAT treatment on the levy itself, remittance schedule, and integration with the register.

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