{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/revenue-scotland-and-tax-powers-act-2014/section-108",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/revenue-scotland-and-tax-powers-act-2014/section-108.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2014/16",
  "legislation_title": "Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/revenue-scotland-and-tax-powers-act-2014",
  "path": "section/108",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "108",
  "heading": "Claim for repayment if instrument changing tax basis not approved",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a relevant instrument has ceased to have effect by virtue of a relevant provision and—\n(a) a person has paid an amount by way of tax that would not have been payable but for the instrument, or\n(b) a person has been assessed as chargeable to an amount of tax, or a determination has been made that a person is chargeable to an amount of tax, that would not have been chargeable but for the instrument.\n(2) The person may make a claim to Revenue Scotland—\n(a) for the amount of tax, and\n(b) any related penalty or interest,\nto be repaid or discharged to the extent that it was paid, or assessed or determined as chargeable, in consequence of the relevant instrument.\n(3) A “relevant instrument” is an instrument mentioned in column 1, and a “relevant provision”, in relation to such an instrument, is the provision mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2, of the following table.\nRelevant instruments\nRelevant provisions\nUnder the LBTT(S) Act 2013—\n(a)a second or subsequent order under section 24(1),\n(aa) an order under paragraph 19(1) or (2) of schedule 2A,\n(b)a second or subsequent order under paragraph 3(1) of schedule 19.\nSection 68(4)(b) of that Act\nUnder the LT(S) Act 2014—\n(a)an order under section 5(5) providing for anything which would otherwise not be a disposal of material by way of landfill to be such a disposal,\n(b)an order under section 6(1) which produces the result that a landfill site activity which would otherwise not be prescribed for the purposes of section 6 is so prescribed,\n(c)a second or subsequent order under section 13(2) or (5),\n(d)an order under section 13(4),\n(e)an order under section 14(7) other than one which provides only that an earlier order under section 14(7) is not to apply to material.\nSection 41(3)(b) of that Act\nUnder the AT(S) Act 2024—\nregulations under section 12(3)\nSection 58(2)(b) of that Act\n(4) A penalty or interest is related to an amount of tax to the extent that it—\n(a) is attributable to the amount, and\n(b) would not have been incurred but for the relevant instrument.\n(5) A claim for repayment must be made before the end of the period of 2 years after the relevant date.\n(6) The relevant date is—\n(a) the filing date, or\n(b) the date on which the tax return was made, if the return was made after the filing date.\n(7) For the purposes of this section and sections 109 to 112, 114, 116 and 118, an amount paid by one person on behalf of another is treated as paid by the other person.\n(8) Expressions used in this section and in the LT(S) Act 2014 have the meanings given in that Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 108(1) substituted (1.12.2025) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 13(2)(a), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2025/243, reg. 2(3), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 108(2) substituted (1.12.2025) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 13(2)(b), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2025/243, reg. 2(3), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 108(3) substituted (1.12.2025) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 13(2)(c)(i), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2025/243, reg. 2(3), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(3) table substituted (1.12.2025) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 13(2)(c)(ii), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2025/243, reg. 2(3), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(3) inserted (1.4.2016) by Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 11), ss. 2(2), 5(2) (with s. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(3) table inserted (1.12.2025) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 13(2)(c)(iii), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2025/243, reg. 2(3), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 108(4) substituted (1.12.2025) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 13(2)(d), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2025/243, reg. 2(3), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 108 heading substituted (1.12.2025) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 13(3), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2025/243, reg. 2(3), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 108 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/110, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:01.828273+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}