Article: Housing market 'is disrupted' by uncertainty over stamp duty.(NEWS)

Article: Stamp duty 'must be reviewed'
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 8, 2007 ;     700+ 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 ...

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

Article: 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 ... 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 ...

Article: Stamp Duty: What is the Impact of the 2002 Changes ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  August 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... article we outline the impact of the stamp duty anti-avoidance measures in the Finance ... than [pound]10m No change except that stamp duty penalties can no longer be deferred by ... exceed [pound]10m is not subject to stamp duty. Instead stamp duty is due on the transfer ...

Article: Stamp duty doubles for first-time buyers in the ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  March 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...THE average stamp duty bill faced by first-time buyers has ... to the property ladder paid average stamp duty of pounds 1,751 in 2007, 82%more ... South East, South West and East paid stamp duty in 99% of local authorities during ...

Article: Stamp duty tax traps five in six buying their own ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... are forced to pay a massive bill for stamp duty when they purchase a property, research ... Brown has increased the rate at which stamp duty is charged four times, making it a highly ... Although the number of buyers paying stamp duty fell to 55 per cent in 2005/06, the ...

Article: 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 ...