The Scottish Government has issued a consultation on a new approach to the planning, management and implementation of the fully devolved taxes in Scotland.
- View the consultation on the Scottish Government's website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (June 2019)
HM Revenue & Customs has issued a consultation on how the off-payroll working rules will work from April 2020.
- View the consultation on the GOV.UK website here
- View the Law Society of Scotland's response here
The Scottish Government has issued a consultation setting out the principles for taxing trusts and seeks views and evidence on reform in line with them.
- View the consultation on the Scottish Government's website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (February 2019)
Read our written evidence submitted to the Scottish Parliament's Finance and Constitution Committee on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Tax Rates and Tax Bands Etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018.
HM Revenue & Customs has issued a consultation on the relevance of some of the information powers enacted by schedule 36 of the Finance Act 2008, and on potential improvements.
- View the consultation on the GOV.UK website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (October 2018)
HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs have issued a consultation on the best way to tackle non-compliance with the off-payroll working rules (IR35) in the private sector.
- View the consultation on the GOV.UK website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (August 2018)
The Scottish Government has issued a consultation on the potential introduction of reliefs from LBTT to bring parity with Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) for certain types of authorised property investment funds.
- View the consultation on the Scottish Government website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (August 2018)
HMRC have launched a consultation on tax abuse and insolvency.
- View the consultation on the GOV.UK website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (June 2018)
The UK Parliament's treasury committee has launched an inquiry on the Conduct of Tax Enquiries and the Resolution of Tax Disputes.
- View the inquiry on the UK parliament website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (June 2018)
The Office of Tax Simplification has issued a call for evidence with regards Inheritance Tax Review.
- View the consultation on the Office of Tax Simplification website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (June 2018)
The Scottish Government has issued a consultation on an amendment to Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Group Relief.
- View the consultation on the Scottish Government website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (April 2018)
The Scottish Government has issued a consultation on the first-time buyer relief from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), as announced in the draft Scottish Budget 2018/19.
- View the consultation on the Scottish Government website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (March 2018)
HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs have issued a consultation on the tax treatment of gains accruing on disposals of interests in UK immovable property by non-residents, and Technical Note on accompanying anti-forestalling rule.
- View the consultation on the GOV.UK website
- The Law Society of Scotland's response (February 2018)
In anticipation of the Scottish Government’s proposed budget, the Tax Law Sub-Committee have submitted comments relating to devolved taxes.
- The Law Society of Scotland's comments (December 2017)