Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Statistics

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Statistics

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) came in to effect on 1 April 2015. It is a replacement for the UK Stamp Duty and Land Tax (SDLT) which ceased to apply in Scotland on the same date. LBTT is administered by Revenue Scotland with support from Registers of Scotland.

LBTT is a charge on land transactions in Scotland. Land transactions must be notified to Revenue Scotland unless the chargeable consideration is less than £40,000 or the transaction is otherwise exempt (such as acquisitions by the Crown or transactions in connection with a court order relating to divorce or dissolution of civil partnership). A full list of exempt transactions can be found in the LBTT guidance.  

Historically, residential property transactions have followed a fairly regular seasonal pattern, with higher number of sales in spring and summer and relatively few in winter, particularly January and February. Seasonality is not adjusted for in this publication.

For more information about LBTT, please see the relevant sections on our website.

The current rates for LBTT are set by the Scottish Government and approved by the Scottish Parliament.

Monthly Data Releases

Latest publication: October 2023

Monthly LBTT Statistics October 2023.

Next publication dates: November LBTT Statistics -  15 December 2023

Statistics published prior to the above period can be found within the Datasets Section.

If you require a CSV version of the statistics or any other information, please email info@revenue.scot.

Historical changes

Edition Notes
February 2019 Data on leases no longer disaggregated by property type (non-residential/residential) following feedback from users.
November 2016

In response to feedback from users of Revenue Scotland statistics, breakdowns of residential and non-residential conveyance transactions by tax bands were added, along with separate data on leases.

In addition, the publication was focused on tax declared due. Tax received was no longer published on a monthly basis, but continued to be monitored closely and included in Revenue Scotland's Annual Report and Financial Statements (reflecting limited external interest in monthly tax received data due to high collection rates).
April 2015 First LBTT publication

Data Sources

Notifications to Revenue Scotland are made via the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax return. An LBTT return must be submitted and arrangements made for payment of the LBTT due to Revenue Scotland before the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland can proceed with registration of title. The LBTT return includes a range of information about the transaction, tax liabilities and reliefs claimed. The information presented below comes from LBTT returns.

Amendments and corrections can be made to LBTT returns up to 1 year following the original return date. This may lead to revisions in the data published in this report.

The vast majority of LBTT returns are submitted online via the Revenue Scotland website by agents acting on behalf of taxpayers.

Data requests

Occasionally Revenue Scotland will publish additional LBTT statistics following a request for data from another organisation (e.g. Scottish Government; Scottish Fiscal Commission).

These statistics are provided here:

Date Requestor Purpose of request Data
24/10/2023 Scottish Government Monitoring LBTT - First time buyer Relief data 2023-24 Q2
19/09/2023 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC LBTT Forecasting Data - August 2023 - SFC
23/08/2023 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC LBTT Forecasting Data - June 2023 - SFC
23/06/2023 Scottish Government Scottish Government costing work LBTT Forecasting Data - June 2023 - SG
31/05/2023 Scottish Government Additional Data on First time buyers LBTT First time buyers 2022/23 Q1 to Q4 – Additional Tables
17/05/2023 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC LBTT Forecasting Data - May 2023 - SFC
17/05/2023 Scottish Government Scottish Government costing work LBTT Forecasting Data - May 2023 - SG
25/04/2023 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC LBTT Forecasting Data - April 2023
25/04/2023 Scottish Government Additional Data on First time buyers  LBTT First time buyers 2022/23 - Additional Tables
12/04/2023 Scottish Government Monitoring LBTT - First-time buyer relief data 2022-23 Q4
15/12/2022 Scottish Government Monitoring  LBTT - First-time buyer relief data 2022-23 Q2
15/12/2022 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC LBTT Forecasting Data - November 2022
27/09/2022 Scottish Government Additional Data on First Time Buyers LBTT - First Time Buyers Data 2021/22 - Additional Tables
23/09/2022 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC LBTT Forecasting Data - July 2022
04/08/2022 Scottish Government Monitoring LBTT - First-Time Buyers Data 2022-23 - Q1.xlsx
15/11/2021 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC (2022-23 Budget) LBTT Forecasting Data – November 2021
15/11/2021 Scottish Government Monitoring LBTT - First-Time Buyers Data 2021-22 - Q2.xlsx
21/05/2021 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC (2021-22 Budget) LBTT Forecasting Data – November 2020.xlsx
04/08/2020 Scottish Government Monitoring FileLBTT - First-Time Buyer Relief Data 2020-21 - Q1.xlsx
12/05/2020 Scottish Government Monitoring FileLBTT - Intention to reclaim Additional Dwelling Supplement.xlsx
24/04/2020 Scottish Government Monitoring FileLBTT - First-Time Buyer Relief Data – 2019-20 - Q4.xlsx
06/02/2020 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC

FileLBTT Forecast Data - January 2020.xlsx

FileLBTT Forecast Data - Lease NPV distribution - Additional years.xlsx
24/01/2020 Scottish Government Monitoring  FileLBTT - First-Time Buyer Relief Data - 2019-20.xlsx
04/09/2019 Scottish Government Monitoring  FileLBTT - First-Time Buyers Data - 2018-19.xlsx
04/09/2019 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC FileLBTT - Forecast Evaluation Data - Spring 2019.xlsx
07/06/2019 Scottish Government Monitoring FileLBTT- First Time Buyers Data - 2018-19.xlsx
30/05/2019 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC FileLBTT - Forecasting Data - Spring 2019.xlsx
14/03/2019 Office for Budget Responsibility Forecasting and monitoring FileLBTT forecasting and monitoring data - Spring 2019.xlsx
18/01/2019 Scottish Government Monitoring FileLBTT – Sub-Scotland Estimates of Revenues and Transactions.xlsx
12/12/2018 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC FileLBTT - Forecasting Data - Autumn 2018.xlsx
11/10/2018 Scottish Fiscal Commission Forecast evaluation FileLBTT – Forecast evaluation data 2017-18.xlsx
11/10/2018 Scottish Fiscal Commission​/Scottish Government Forecasting/monitoring FileLBTT – Reliefs.xlsx
08/08/2018 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC FileLBTT - Forecasting Data - Spring 2018.xlsx
18/05/2018 Scottish Fiscal Commission To assist the SFC in producing a costing for changes to Group Relief FileScottish Fiscal Commission - Requested data for Group Relief costing.xlsx
24/11/2017 Scottish Fiscal Commission Background data for production of LBTT forecasts by SFC FileLBTT - Forecast data Autumn 2017.xlsx
05/09/2017 Scottish Fiscal Commission Forecast evaluation FileLBTT - Forecast evaluation data 2015-16 and 2016-17.xlsx

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