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How the UK’s stamp duty tax compares with other countries

Homeowners could be made to pay a new tax on the sale of houses valued at more than £500,000 as part of a restructuring of stamp duty and council tax by the Treasury. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ...
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UK Stamp Taxes – Removal of 1.5% “Brexit” charge – in the nick of time?

New draft UK legislation has been published today proposing to remove the 1.5% stamp tax charge on issues, and certain transfers, of securities to depositary receipt systems and clearance services (or ...
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UK Stamp Taxes: HMRC Publishes Draft Legislation to Remove 1.5% Charge

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published draft legislation on 14 September for inclusion in Finance Bill 2023-24, which will remove the 1.5% charge to UK stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT) ...