Scottish additional stamp duty question

anselld

_Penny_Dreadful said:

anselld said:

_Penny_Dreadful said:

anselld said:

There is an exemption for additional SDLT (in England at least) for transfer between spouses so provided half of your mortgage is less than £145k there would be nothing to pay.  Perhaps @SDLT_Geek could confirm.

The OP has stated they’re in Scotland where LBTT applies. Rules around SDLT in England do not apply. 

I realise that.  The rates are different but most of the rules are the same.  Admittedly I don't know about the specific rule on spouse transfer exemption.

There are some quite significant differences between the Scots law governing LBTT and the English law governing SDLT.  It is dangerous to take the rules for one and try to apply them to the other.

Again, I understand that and why I said I don’t know the specifics on this rule.  None the less it is a useful starting point to consider if the same rule does apply in Scotland.