Article: Stamp duty doubles for first-time buyers in the South-East; Across UK, 40% buying first home will pay no duty at all.(Business)

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 ... ... that get caught up in any stamp duty trawl. Most members of ... that only homeowners pay stamp duty when, in fact, it applies ... changes hands for, say, pounds 20 million, the government ... of GBP 800,000 - plus stamp duty payable on any VAT, making ...

Article: Stamp Duty: What is the Impact of the 2002 Changes ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  August 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... not more than [pound]10m No change except that stamp duty penalties can ... does not exceed [pound]10m is not subject to stamp duty. Instead stamp ... are subject to stamp duty at 4% where ... consideration exceeds [pound]10m (including ...

Article: Stamp duty seriously damages Britain's wealth.
Sunday Business (London, England);  May 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Exchequer around [pound]3.7bn better ... same attitude to stamp duty as you must take ... to France, where stamp duty is effectively waived ... 000 (around [pound]5,000). In ... bargains below [pound]5,000, exempting ... acquisitions from stamp duty and fixing a maximum ...

Article: Stamp duty tax traps five in six buying their own ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... for less than [pounds sterling]125 ... level at which stamp duty begins to be charged ... young people avoid stamp duty by increasing ... rate band from [pounds sterling]60 ... would incur a stamp duty bill of [pounds sterling]1 ...

Article: Stamp duty.(analysis)
Caterer & Hotelkeeper;  October 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... transaction with a value of less than pound sterling60,000. To avoid stamp duty at the highest rates in the past ... pound sterling5m the buyer would pay pound sterling25,000 in stamp duty rather than pound sterling200,000. Under the new ...