Article: Stamp duty on homes: Gordon Browns stealth wealth tax.

Article: Putting the boot in A rise in stamp duty could ...
Evening Standard - London;  February 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... in London paid 320 million in stamp duty (305 million more than those ... decisions will come in the Budget", stamp duty is a cheap and easy tax to collect ... at Cardiff Business School. "Stamp duty is a wealth tax, coming in at a very low level ...

Article: Family Finance: Raising the roof on stamp duty An ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... radically - that levying stamp duty on properties below pounds ... previous increases in stamp duty have had much effect ... really believes that stamp duty is a way to take heat ... unlikely. Whether this is a wealth tax or a stealth tax, it ...

Article: Builders seek stamp duty exemption for housing.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  January 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... raw material and from Stamp Duty (on first allotment ... It lamented that high stamp duty rates in many states ... up to 15 per cent of stamp duty on the transfer of property ... property limit under wealth tax to Rs 25 lakh, linked ...

Article: UK government again entertains the idea of a wealth ...
Sunday Business (London);  July 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... taxpayers are being softened up for a wealth tax. Cheered on by left-wing think-tanks ... be tantamount to imposing a 1 percent wealth tax on tens of thousands of homeowners ... homes to provide them with a pension, a wealth tax would be a terrible blow, especially ...

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 ...