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Ar 13 Rhagfyr 2017, cyhoeddais y byddai £5 miliwn o gymorth ychwanegol ar gael i ymestyn ein cynllun Rhyddhad Ardrethi'r Stryd Fawr am un flwyddyn arall i 2018\-19\.   
  
Mae'r cynllun hwn yn unigryw i Gymru a bydd yn cefnogi tua 13,000 o fusnesau bach a chanolig ar hyd a lled y wlad yn ystod 2018\-19\. Caiff ei ariannu'n llawn gan Lywodraeth Cymru.   
  
Ar gyfer 2018\-19, bydd y cynllun yn rhoi cymorth ariannol o hyd at £750 i filiau ardrethi annomestig busnesau cymwys sydd â gwerth ardrethol o hyd at £50,000\.   
  
Bydd talwyr yr ardrethi hynny a fydd yn elwa ar y rhyddhad yn cynnwys y rhai sydd â safleoedd manwerthu mewn defnydd ar y stryd fawr megis siopau, bwytai, caffis, tafarnau a bariau gwin.   
  
Er mwyn manteisio i'r eithaf ar swm y cymorth y gellir ei ddarparu ac i sicrhau y caiff ei dargedu at yr ardaloedd a’r busnesau hynny y mae’r ailbrisiad yn 2017 wedi effeithio arnynt, bydd dwy haen rhyddhad y cynllun yn parhau.   
  
Bydd yr haen gyntaf yn berthnasol i fanwerthwyr cymwys y stryd fawr sydd â gwerth ardrethol rhwng £6,001 a £12,000 sy'n cael naill ai rhyddhad ardrethi busnesau bach (SBRR) neu ryddhad ardrethi trosiannol.   
  
Bydd talwyr yr ardrethi hyn yn cael gostyngiad o £250 yn eu bil ardrethi, ac eithrio lle y byddai hyn yn lleihau eu bil i lai na sero – yn yr achosion hyn bydd talwyr yr  ardrethi yn cael disgownt sy’n gyfartal â swm y rhwymedigaeth sy'n weddill.   
  
Bydd yr ail haen o ryddhad yn berthnasol i fanwerthwyr cymwys y stryd fawr â gwerth ardrethol rhwng £12,001 a £50,000 a welodd gynnydd yn eu  rhwymedigaeth ardrethi annomestig ar 1 Ebrill 2017\. Bydd talwyr yr ardrethi hyn yn cael gostyngiad yn eu bil ardrethi o hyd at £750\.   
  
Mae’r lefel uwch hon o gymorth yn adlewyrchu'r ffaith nad oes gan y busnesau hyn yr hawl i gael ffynonellau eraill o ryddhad a ariennir gan y Llywodraeth megis SBRR, a’u bod yn wynebu cynnydd sylweddol yn eu rhwymedigaeth ardrethi o ganlyniad i ailbrisiad a gyflawnwyd yn annibynnol gan Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio.   
  
Mae targedu cymorth yn y modd hwn yn golygu y bydd ar gael i fusnesau cymwys a welodd gynnydd yn eu rhwymedigaeth yn 2017, yn ogystal ag i’r busnesau hynny ar y stryd fawr lle mae ardrethi’n  gostwng ond sy’n ei chael yn anodd o ganlyniad i’r amodau economaidd a’r gystadleuaeth gan ddarparwyr ar\-lein a'r tu allan i'r dref.   
  
Mae fy swyddogion wedi bod yn cydweithio’n agos â’r awdurdodau lleol i sicrhau bod y rhyddhad yn cael ei weithredu'n effeithiol ac y bydd y rheini sy’n gymwys yn cael gwybod am eu hawl.   
  
Bydd y cynllun estynedig hwn, ynghyd â’n penderfyniad i ymestyn y cynllun rhyddhad ardrethi busnesau bach sy'n werth £100m i  2018\-19 a darparu cynllun rhyddhad ardrethi trosiannol tair blynedd o fis Ebrill 2017, yn cynnig cymorth hanfodol i dalwyr yr ardrethi ledled Cymru.   
  


### Nodyn Technegol

  
Mae'r meini prawf ar gyfer busnesau cymwys wedi'u rhestru isod:   
1. Hereditamentau sy'n cael eu defnyddio'n gyfan gwbl neu'n bennaf i werthu nwyddau i aelodau o'r cyhoedd sy'n ymweld â nhw.
2. Hereditamentau sy'n cael eu defnyddio'n gyfan gwbl neu'n bennaf i ddarparu'r gwasanaethau manwerthu i aelodau o'r cyhoedd sy'n ymweld â nhw.
3. Hereditamentau sy'n cael eu defnyddio'n gyfan gwbl neu'n bennaf i werthu bwyd a/ neu ddiod i aelodau o'r cyhoedd sy'n ymweld â nhw.

  
Ni fydd y rhyddhad yn cynnwys:   
1. Hereditamentau â phrisiad dros £50,000\.
2. Hereditamentau nad ydynt yn rhesymol hygyrch i aelodau o'r cyhoedd sy'n ymweld â nhw.
3. Hereditamentau sydd mewn parciau manwerthu neu ystadau diwydiannol y tu allan i'r dref.
4. Hereditamentau gwag.
5. Hereditamentau sy'n cael rhyddhad ardrethi elusennol gorfodol.

  






Translation:


 
On 13 December 2017, I announced an extra £5 million of support would be made available to extend our High Street Rates Relief scheme for one further year into 2018\-19\.  

  

The High Street Rates Relief scheme is unique to Wales and will provide support to around 13,000 small and medium\-sized businesses across the country in 2018\-19\.  It is fully funded by the Welsh Government.  

  

For 2018\-19, High Street Rates Relief will provide support of up to £750 on non\-domestic rates bills for eligible businesses with a rateable value of up to £50,000\.  

  

Ratepayers who will benefit from the relief include those with occupied high street retail premises, such as shops, restaurants, cafes, pubs and wine bars.  

  

To maximise the amount of support which can be provided and to ensure it is targeted at those areas and businesses affected by the 2017 revaluation, there will continue to be two tiers of relief.  

  

The first tier will apply to eligible high street retailers with a rateable value of between £6,001 and £12,000 who are in receipt of either small business rates relief (SBRR) or transitional rates relief.    

  

These ratepayers will receive a reduction in their rates bill of £250, except where this would reduce their bill below nil – in these cases ratepayers will receive a discount equal to the amount of their outstanding liability.  

  

The second tier of relief will apply to eligible high street retailers with a rateable value of between £12,001 and £50,000 who saw an increase in their non domestic rates liability on 1 April 2017\.  These ratepayers will receive a reduction in their rates bill of up to £750\.    

  

This higher level of support reflects the fact these businesses are not entitled to other sources of government\-funded relief, such as SBRR, and faced increases in their rates liability as a result of the revaluation carried out by the independent Valuation Office Agency.  

  

Targeting support in this way means it is available to eligible businesses which saw increases in their liability in 2017, as well to those businesses on high streets where rates are falling but businesses are struggling as a result of economic conditions and competition from online and out\-of\-town providers.  

  

My officials have worked closely with local authorities to ensure the relief is administered effectively and eligible ratepayers will be notified about their entitlement.  

  

This extended scheme, together with our decisions to extend our £100m small business rates relief scheme into 2018\-19 and to provide three\-year transitional rates relief scheme from April 2017, offers vital support to ratepayers across Wales.    

 


#### Technical note


  

The eligibility criteria for qualifying businesses are listed below:


 


1. Hereditaments that are being used wholly or mainly for the sale of goods to visiting members of the public.
2. Hereditaments that are being used wholly or mainly for the provision of the retail services to visiting members of the public
3. Hereditaments that are being used wholly or mainly for the sale of food and/or drink to visiting members of the public.


  

The relief will exclude:


 


 


1. Hereditaments with a valuation of more than £50,000\.
2. Hereditaments not reasonably accessible to visiting members of the public.
3. Hereditaments that are in out\-of\-town retail parks or industrial estates.
4. Hereditaments that are not occupied.
5. Hereditaments that are in receipt of mandatory charitable rates relief.