About the Bill
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<p>The Scottish Government introduced the <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/106472.aspx">Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Relief from Additional Amount) (Scotland) Bill</a> on 13 November 2017. The Bill allows buyers to reclaim Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) payments retrospectively where the buyers replaced their main residence prior to selling their current residence, and their current residence was only owned by one of the couple, civil partner or cohabitant.</p>
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<p>The <strong>Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Additional Amount-Second Homes Main Residence Relief) (Scotland) Order 2017</strong><strong></strong> was laid to give full effect to the policy intention of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2016 to treat married couples, those in a civil partnership and those living as if a married couple as one economic unit for the purposes of ADS. </p>
<p>The ADS is not chargeable if the buyer is replacing the buyer’s only or main residence however, prior to this Order coming into force, it was chargeable if couples were jointly buying a home to replace a home that was only owned by one of them. The Order allowed that in these circumstances, the ADS paid as two dwellings were owned, could now be reclaimed despite only one name being on the title deeds to the former main residence.</p>
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<p>This Bill gives retrospective effect, covering the period and transitional arrangements as provided for by the 2016 Act and the 2017 Order, to the 2017 Order, enabling buyers who paid the ADS to reclaim this amount. </p>
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<h3>Stage 1 Report</h3>
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<p>The Committee published its <a href="https://sp-bpr-en-prod-cdnep.azureedge.net/published/FCC/2018/2/22/Stage-1-Report-on-the-Land-and-Buildings-Transaction-Tax--Relief-from-Additional-Amount---Scotland--Bill/FCCS052018R3.pdf">Stage 1 Report on 22 February 2018</a>.</p>
<p>The Scottish Government and Revenue Scotland responded to the Stage 1 Report on 5 March 2018.</p>
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<li><a href="/General Documents/DM_to_FinCon_-_LBTT_(Relief_from_Additional_Amount)_Bill_-_response_to_Stage_1_Report_-_05_Mar_18.pdf">Scottish Government Response (240KB pdf)</a> </li>
<li><a href="/General Documents/ADS_Bill_Stage_1_Report_-_Revenue_Scotland_-_Letter_-_Chief_Executive_to_Finance_Committee_Convener_-_March_2018.pdf">Revenue Scotland Response (175KB pdf)</a> </li>
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<p><strong>Written Evidence </strong></p>
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<p>The closing date for responses was <strong>Friday 19 January 2018. </strong>We received <strong>5 written submissions</strong> and these can be found <a href="/parliamentarybusiness/107648.aspx"><strong>here</strong></a><strong> </strong></p>
<p>SPICe, Scottish Parliaments Information Centre has published a <a href="https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefings/Report/2018/2/1/Land-and-Buildings-Transaction-Tax--Relief-from-Additional-Amount---Scotland--Bill#The-Bill">briefing</a> on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Relief from Additional Amount) (Scotland) Bill</p>
<h3>Contact</h3>
<p>If you need alternative formats of this information or further assistance in making a written submission to the Committee, please contact the clerking team of the Committee via <a href="mailto:finance.constitution@parliament.scot?Subject=Land%20and%20Buildings%20Transaction%20Tax%20(Relief%20from%20Additional%20Amount)%20(Scotland)%20Bill">email</a> address above or by telephone on 0131 348 5205. </p>
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Evidence
<p><strong>7 February 2018:</strong><strong></strong> The Committee took take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, and the Scottish Government. Please read the <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11358">Official Report 7 February 2018</a>. </p>
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<li><a href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/Meeting%20Papers/Agenda_and_Papers_-_7_Feb_2018.pdf">Agenda for the meeting on 7 February 2018 (1.5MB pdf)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/Minutes/Minutes_-_7_February_2018.pdf">Minutes for the meeting on 7 February 2018 (55KB pdf)</a> </li>
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