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Welsh Statutory Instruments
Land Transaction Tax, Wales
Approved by Senedd Cymru
Made
22 July 2020
Laid before Senedd Cymru
24 July 2020
Coming into force
27 July 2020
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(1) and 78(1) of the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 M1.
Marginal Citations
M12017 anaw 1. See also section 40 of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4) for provision about the procedure that applies to this instrument.
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Land Transaction Tax (Temporary Variation of Rates and Bands for Residential Property Transactions) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 27 July 2020.
(3) In these Regulations, “the LTT Act” means the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017.
(4) Words and expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as they have in the LTT Act.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 27.7.2020, see reg. 1(2)
2.—(1) These Regulations have effect in relation to any chargeable transaction that—
(a)is a residential property transaction, and
(b)has an effective date on or after 27 July 2020, but before 1 April 2021 M2.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies where—
(a)as a result of section 10(4) of the LTT Act, the effective date of the transaction falls on or after 27 July 2020 but before 1 April 2021, and
(b)the contract concerned is completed by a transfer on or after 1 April 2021.
(3) Where this paragraph applies, section 10(5)(b) of the LTT Act does not apply in relation to that transfer if the sole reason that (but for this regulation) it would have applied is that the modifications made by these Regulations have no effect in relation to that transfer.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 27.7.2020, see reg. 1(2)
Marginal Citations
M2See the Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/128 (W. 32)) as to the application of rates and bands to residential property transactions with an effective date before 27 July 2020 or on or after 1 April 2021.
3. The Schedule to these Regulations specifies the tax bands and percentage tax rates for residential property transactions to which these Regulations apply for the purposes of section 24(1) of the LTT Act.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in force at 27.7.2020, see reg. 1(2)
4.—(1) The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) Regulations 2018 M3 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2—
(a)the existing text becomes paragraph (1);
(b)at the beginning of paragraph (1), insert “ Subject to paragraph (2), ”;
(c)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(2) These Regulations do not have effect in relation to any chargeable transaction that is subject to the Land Transaction Tax (Temporary Variation of Rates and Bands for Residential Property Transactions) (Wales) Regulations 2020.”
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 4 in force at 27.7.2020, see reg. 1(2)
Marginal Citations
M3S.I. 2018/128 (W. 32).
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers
Regulation 3
Commencement Information
I5Sch. in force at 27.7.2020, see reg. 1(2)
Tax band | Relevant consideration | Percentage tax rate |
---|---|---|
Zero rate band | Not more than £250,000 | 0% |
First tax band | More than £250,000 but not more than £400,000 | 5% |
Second tax band | More than £400,000 but not more than £750,000 | 7.5% |
Third tax band | More than £750,000 but not more than £1,500,000 | 10% |
Fourth tax band | More than £1,500,000 | 12% |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/128 (W. 32)) (“the 2018 Regulations”) to provide for a temporary variation to the tax bands and percentage tax rates of land transaction tax applicable to certain residential property transactions.
Regulation 2 applies the temporary variation to residential property transactions with an effective date on or after 27 July 2020, but before 1 April 2021. Where a contract is substantially performed before 1 April 2021, but completion takes place on or after that date, no additional tax will be chargeable by virtue of section 10 of the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (“the LTT Act”) as long as the only reason additional tax is chargeable is because completion has occurred on or after that date.
A chargeable transaction is a residential property transaction if it falls within the description contained in section 24(6) of the LTT Act.
Regulation 3 specifies the tax bands and percentage tax rates applicable to those transactions specified by regulation 2.
The 2018 Regulations continue to make provision for the tax rates and tax bands applicable to chargeable transactions which—
do not fall within the description of a residential property transaction, or
take place before 27 July 2020 or on or after 1 April 2021.
Tax is to be calculated in accordance with sections 27 and 28 of the LTT Act.
The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.
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