THE agency responsible for collecting the first solely Scottish taxes in more than three centuries is searching for a new £80,000 per year boss.
Revenue Scotland, which is responsible for collecting Land and Buildings Transaction Tax which replaced stamp duty this year, said that a change in leadership had always been planned.
The agency, which also administers Scottish Landfill Tax, had been led by senior civil servant Eleanor Emberson, a former Scotland Office official who will now take a new role within the Scottish Government.
The next chief executive will face getting the agency ready to collect new devolved taxes which are set to come under the control of Holyrood under the new Scotland Bill.
The job advertisement states that the successful candidate will "lead the organisation through an exciting period of consolidation and development as it oversees the collection of more than £500m per year to fund essential public services while building the capacity to collect further taxes in the future."
A Revenue Scotland spokesman said: "Eleanor Emberson has led the work to create Revenue Scotland since October 2012, combining this with her role leading Financial Strategy in Scottish Government until October 2014. She has played an invaluable role in ensuring the successful development and launch of Scotland’s first national tax authority in more than 300 years.
"Having seen Revenue Scotland established she is, as intended, moving on to new challenges with the Scottish Government. She feels the timing of this move will give a new chief executive the time to familiarise themselves with the post before leading Revenue Scotland through the implementation of further tax powers flowing from the new Scotland Bill. She remains in post while the recruitment process is ongoing."
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