Saint Lucia first-time residential landowner interest deduction introduced by the July 2026 Income Tax Amendment No. 2 Act. Covers resident eligibility, the prior-ownership test, maximum parcel size, deed-registration date, qualifying paid interest and exclusion from the ordinary aggregate deduction cap. Use for a first residential land purchase, Saint Lucia land-loan interest relief or section 59D. It distinguishes an income deduction from a tax credit and from owner-occupied dwelling mortgage relief. It does not establish property transfer tax, registration charges, joint-borrower allocation or a taxpayer’s complete income tax position. Independent professional review remains outstanding.
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Source-cited draft checked 22 October 2026. Section 3 of Income Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 10 of 2026 inserts section 59D. The Act bears an assent date of 16 July 2026 and a bracketed date of 21 July 2026. The qualifying deed rule expressly reaches registrations from 2 May 2026. Do not substitute the Act's July date for that deed-registration test.
Under section 59D, establish all of these facts:
The deduction is 50% of that qualifying paid interest and is excluded from the EC$40,000 aggregate cap in section 44(4)(a). Act 10, section 3, printed page 138. Loan principal and the purchase price are not interest. A previous jointly held residential-land interest fails the statutory first-time definition even if this purchase is the claimant's first sole ownership.
Assume a resident individual with no previous residential-land interest purchases an eligible 20,000-square-foot parcel, registers the deed on 10 May 2026, and pays EC$12,000 qualifying loan interest during the income year. The deduction is 12,000 × 50% = EC$6,000. It sits outside the aggregate 40,000 cap; it is not an EC$6,000 reduction in tax itself.
A parcel of exactly 22,000 square feet meets the size boundary; 22,001 does not. A deed registered on 1 May 2026 fails the stated registration-date condition. These examples test only the named conditions and do not replace the other eligibility checks.
Retain the registered deed, parcel survey, prior-title evidence, loan agreement, trace of loan use and lender statement separating interest paid from principal. Record residential intent and residence evidence. Reconcile this claim separately from owner-occupied dwelling-house deductions and avoid claiming the same expenditure twice without a legal basis.
Joint purchasers, refinanced loans, mixed-use borrowing, pre-registration interest and insufficient assessable income require review of the full Act and the facts. Section 59D does not supply a special credit or a transfer-tax exemption. Current filing mechanics and independent accountant review remain outstanding.
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