Vic: Libs dangle stamp duty sweetener at mortgage belt

AAP General News (Australia);  November 12, 2006 ;     467 words ......Peter Costello. "Stamp duty on a typical Melbourne...000 today. "Total stamp duty has risen from around...government would index stamp duty annually to reflect...adjustment of the (stamp duty) scales in line with...able to increase stamp duty by stealth as ...

Vic: Libs promise stamp duty savings of up to $3000 = 2

AAP General News (Australia);  November 12, 2006 ;     200 words ......2006 Vic: Libs promise stamp duty savings of up to $3000...the Liberals' promised stamp duty relief and called on Labor to revisit it's stamp duty election pledge. REIV chief...parties that the Victorian stamp duty regime is inequitable and...commitment to legislate to ...

FED: States reap $11.9 billion from stamp duty

AAP General News (Australia);  August 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 FED: States reap $11.9 billion from stamp duty (Eds: Reissuing - revising total stamp duty take to $11.9 billion) By Mike Hedge, Senior...have drawn the wagons into a circle over stamp duty. Last year it earned them $11.9 billion...

FED: States reap $11.4 billion from stamp duty

AAP General News (Australia);  August 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 FED: States reap $11.4 billion from stamp duty By Mike Hedge, Senior Correspondent MELBOURNE...have drawn the wagons into a circle over stamp duty. Last year it earned them $11.4 billion...alone, the Carr government collects more stamp duty from its six million constituents ...

Stamp duty really is the ultimate stealth tax

The Scotsman;  March 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ......certain deprived areas - marked time on stamp duty in the recent Budget. But those with...big fish that get caught up in any stamp duty trawl. Most members of the public assume that only homeowners pay stamp duty when, in fact, it applies to all...

NSW: No cuts to stamp duty says NSW government

AAP General News (Australia);  June 15, 2003 ;     565 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: No cuts to stamp duty says NSW government SYDNEY, June 15 AAP - Stamp duty rates would not be cut in the upcoming NSW Budget despite opposition disclosures that stamp duty revenue had increased by up to ten times in...

Stamp duty reform must help buyers.(NEWS)

Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  September 24, 2006 ;     373 words ......LAVERY THE overriding factor in reforming stamp duty is that the benefit must be felt by the...the Opposition over the suggestion that stamp duty cannot be cut. He says the Mullingar...or contemplated the total abolition of stamp duty, and nor did the party suggest that the...

Stamp duty: why the rules aren't fair.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  May 13, 2003 ;     149 words ......some property transactions, transfer stamp duty can be applied to the goods and services...territory governments have ignored bracket creep and kept thresholds static. Additionally, some governments have even increased stamp duty. In comparison, the UK system incorporates...automatic ...

PDs press FF over stamp duty reform.(FRONT PAGE)

Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  November 5, 2006 ;     625 words ......Fail to ease the escalating burden of stamp duty on house-buyers . For the first time...a tax and financial consultant, said stamp duty is one of the easiest taxes to collect...should be given to reducing the rate of stamp duty on homes to 1 per cent, if not abolishing...

NSW: Brogden to unveil stamp duty relief plan tomorrow

AAP General News (Australia);  June 25, 2003 ;     304 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: Brogden to unveil stamp duty relief plan tomorrow By Toni Allan SYDNEY...unveil the coalition's plan to provide stamp duty relief to the state's home-buyers. Mr...And he said his refusal to commit to stamp duty cuts before the March 22 state election...

Stamp duty seriously damages Britain's wealth.

Sunday Business (London, England);  May 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ......known by the quaint and innocuous term stamp duty and over the past three centuries it...little earner for the Exchequer. But stamp duty is back in the news because it has the...next parliament must quickly take - is stamp duty. To explain: the 0.5% stamp duty that...

Stamp duty on UK land and buildings.

M2 Presswire;  April 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......PRESSWIRE-18 April 2002-UK Government: Stamp duty on UK land and buildings (C)1994-2002...measures to tackle current avoidance of stamp duty on commercial property transactions and launched major reform to modernise stamp duty on land and buildings in the UK. Tackling...

DP Money: Campaign on stamp duty gains strength.(Features)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 10, 2003 ;     572 words ......Stockbrokers commissioned a report comparing stamp duty in the UK with similar trading taxes...Following this we launched the Stamp Out Stamp Duty campaign. We a renow delighted to see...and the NAPF in the campaign to abolish stamp duty on share transactions. This would help...

Money: Campaign on stamp duty gains strength.(Features)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 10, 2003 ;     571 words ......Stockbrokers commissioned a report comparing stamp duty in the UK with similar trading taxes...Following this we launched the Stamp Out Stamp Duty campaign. We are now delighted to see...and the NAPF in the campaign to abolish stamp duty on share transactions. This would help...

Stamp duty 'must be reviewed'

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 8, 2007 ;     604 words ...A call for a review of stamp duty - the tax people pay when they buy...properties on which higher levels of stamp duty are payable. One in five homebuyers...Wales are now over the 3 per cent stamp duty threshold of pounds250,000. Six out...