Shelter Scotland Launches “Toolkit for Tenants”

Nov 20, 2018 | Blog

An online “toolkit” for Scottish tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland, with funding from SafeDeposits Scotland Trust. SafeDeposit Scotland Trust (the only not-for-profit deposit scheme in Scotland) made a grant of...

The Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Oct 4, 2018 | Blog

From the 31 January 2018 anyone undertaking residential letting agency work in Scotland must ensure that their service delivery is compliant with The Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016. The Code sets out the standards of practice which letting...

February 2018 – LBTT’s 3rd Birthday – Part 2

Apr 16, 2018 | Bullet Point Update

This is a follow-up to last month’s BPU on Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (“LBTT”) at the end of which it was said: “As far as [many aspects] are concerned LBTT has largely followed the approach taken in the UK “stamp duty land tax” legislation [i.e. the...

February 2018 – LBTT’s 3rd Birthday

Mar 6, 2018 | Bullet Point Update

Birthday announcement by Revenue Scotland The Revenue Scotland website recently announced (emphases added): “The  Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 sets out the legislative requirement for a tax return to be submitted for leases in Scotland in...

December 2016 – New residential tenancy forms from 1 December 2016

Dec 20, 2016 | Bullet Point Update

(in particular: new Forms AT5 for short assured tenancies; AT6 for assured tenancies; and Tenant Information Packs)  This Note gives some background to the new forms of AT5, AT6 and Tenant Information Packs which must be used for “short assured” and “assured” private...