Section 1 – The tax
11.Section 1 introduces LBTT as the replacement for SDLT in Scotland. LBTT is a tax which is charged on land transactions. It clarifies that LBTT will apply irrespective of how a transaction is documented (if at all) and whether the transaction is concluded in Scotland or elsewhere.
12.The reference to the Tax Authority’s responsibility for “collection and management” of LBTT has, by virtue of section 51(3) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11), the same meaning as references to responsibility for “care and management” in historical UK tax statutes. This means that a jurisprudence concerning the proper bounds of the tax authority’s role is imported into the devolved tax system. This jurisprudence includes not only case law from the UK jurisdictions but other English-speaking jurisdictions.
13.Defined terms used in this section:
| “land transaction” | section 3 |
| “Tax Authority” | section 54 |
