The SNP's consultation on raising council tax rates by up to 22.5 per cent has now closed.
We're just waiting to hear what plans they will pursue.
If they go ahead with their proposals to hike council tax by double digits, some people's bills could be put up by as much as £834.
In the middle of a global cost-of-living crisis, that would be scandalous.
So many hardworking families and workers are already struggling with higher energy bills and higher prices at the supermarket.
The cost of paying for the Covid pandemic and worldwide energy price rises, as a result of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, is still leaving many people in a difficult financial position.
This would be the completely wrong time to increase council tax. I hope Humza Yousaf and the SNP Government see sense and abandon their original plans. This is one of those times that we would all welcome a u-turn from a politician.
But I don't hold out much hope that the SNP will decide to do the right thing and keep taxes and household bills lower.
They have already made Scotland the highest taxed part of the UK.
For roughly five years now, many Scottish workers are paying far more than people doing the same job for the same amount of money in England.
Our businesses, too, are paying higher taxes than the equivalent businesses in the rest of the United Kingdom will pay.
This all has extremely damaging consequences for jobs and our economy.
As the Scottish Conservative Deputy Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, I know just how devastating this tax gap is for growth and productivity.
It leaves Scottish workers and businesses struggling to keep pace with people in the rest of the UK. They can spend less and invest less, so our entire economy suffers as a result.
And, as a businesswoman myself for many decades, I know that higher taxes do more than reduce the amount of money left on your balance sheet. They can have a devastating knock-on impact on the business environment. Companies start to feel they can't invest in new machinery. Enterprises stop hiring new workers. Everybody starts to protect what they have, instead of thinking about how they can expand.
So the net result is our economy goes backwards. And while the SNP don't want to talk about it much, the harsh reality is that higher taxes and a stagnating economy mean that we have less money to invest in improving public services. Without economic growth, we don't have the revenue to build more hospitals and spend more on schools.
That's why the Scottish Conservatives are always arguing for a pro-jobs, pro-business environment. It's not only about our economy - it's about what we can achieve as a country.
A thriving economy is the bedrock on which we can built a better society. It's essential so that Scotland and the UK can move forward stronger.
The SNP and Labour are good at talking about how they spend money. But they're naive about how we raise it. They don't value jobs and businesses the way they should.
But the Scottish Conservatives always will - we are the party of business and we're proud of it.
