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Displaying 391 - 395 of 782Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Administration) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 375 of 2014).
These Regulations, made under section 42(1) of, and paragraphs 11(1), 20 and 21(5) and (6) of schedule 8 to, the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 deals with the circumstance in which an application may be made to Revenue Scotland by a buyer to defer payment of tax that is otherwise due. They provide with respect to procedures for application and set out the grounds on which an application may be refused.
Implements: Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 (2013 asp 11). (2013-07-31)
Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 377 of 2014).
This Order makes transitional provisions in respect of the introduction of land and buildings transaction tax as imposed by the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013.
Implements: Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 (2013 asp 11). (2013-07-31)
Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 2).
This Act introduces the Scottish Landfill Tax as the replacement for UK Landfill Tax in Scotland. The Scottish Landfill Tax is a tax which is charged on taxable disposals. The Act defines what a taxable disposal is (A “taxable disposal” is waste material which has been disposed of by way of landfill), and prescribes, among other things, what disposals are exempt from the tax, how to calculate tax, who is liable to pay tax and when credit is available in relation to tax.
Scottish Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activities) Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 367 of 2014).
This Order prescribes landfill site activities for the purposes of section 6 of the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014. These activities will be treated as disposals and will be subject to Scottish landfill tax. In addition to listed activities, an activity is prescribed if it gives rise to a requirement: (a) for notification or the giving of information under section 31 of the Act (information: site restoration); or (b) imposed by Regulations under section 30 of the Act, and that requirement is not complied with.
Land Register of Scotland (Automated Registration) etc. Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 346 of 2014).
This Order, for purposes of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012, amends, among other things, the Land Register Rules etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and the Act, so as to make small and consequential amendments regarding, among other things, authenticated electronic documents.
Implements: Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (2012 asp 5). (2012-07-10)
Amends: Land Register Rules etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 150 of 2014). (2014-05-28)
Amends: Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (2012 asp 5). (2012-07-10)