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Published by The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
The Scottish Government's Medium-Term Financial Strategy, May 2019
Author: Ross Burnside
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Published: Tuesday 11 Jun 2019 (SB 19-39)
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Executive Summary
Context: the Medium Term Financial Strategy
Scotland's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts
Economic growth
Tax revenue forecasts
Income Tax reconciliations
Importance of the Block Grant Adjustment
Net potential impact of latest Revenue and BGA forecasts
Income tax forecast
Net tax position
Latest reconciliation forecasts
Why has the net income tax position deteriorated?
Devolved taxes
Land and Buildings Transaction tax
Landfill Tax
Non-Domestic Rates
Social security - a potential fiscal risk?
VAT
The budget outlook
Spending plans
Borrowing
The Scotland Reserve
Sources
Image: Figure 1: SFC Scottish GDP forecasts
Image: Figure 2: Average economic growth 2019-2023
Image: Figure 3: Scottish Fiscal Commission tax forecasts
Image: Figure 4: How is the Scottish Budget constructed?
Image: Figure 5: Income Tax 'net tax' position at successive fiscal events
Image: Figure 6: Latest forecast Income Tax reconciliations
Image: Figure 7: LBTT Revenues and BGA
Image: Figure 8: Landfill Tax revenues and BGA
Image: Figure 9: Outlook for the Scottish Budget, nominal terms
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HM Revenue and Customs. (2019). Scottish VAT Assignment. 2016 Provisional Estimate: Experimental Statistics, May 2019. Retrieved from
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804682/Scottish_VAT_Assignment_Experimental_Statistics.pdf
Burnside, R. (n.d.) The Scottish Government's Five Year Financial Strategy. Retrieved from
https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefings/Report/2018/6/12/The-Scottish-Government-s-Five-Year-Financial-Strategy
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https://fraserofallander.org/scottish-economy/fiscal-policy/medium-term-financial-strategy-wheres-the-medium-term-focus-or-strategy/
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