Article: Former tax official suggests capital gains tax, removing stamp duty

Article: 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...

Article: 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 ...

Article: CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON PROPERTY SHOULD BE ON MARKET VALUE: INDIA'S ICAI.
AsiaPulse News;  June 17, 2004 ;     249 words ......Accountants of India today said capital gains on property deals should...present stipulation of stamp duties, which are often...used for computation of capital gains for property transfer...for adopting value of stamp duty as fixed by the state...for the computation of ...

Article: Stamping ground: Helen Monks looks at the possibility of the Government raising stamp duty or imposing CGT on principal residences.(Property Market)
Money Marketing;  November 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Government to raise stamp duty thresholds, which...extending the levy of capital gains tax to include...exemption from capital gains tax on primary...paying higher-band stamp duty at the purchase...you will not pay stamp duty on it. Macdonald...on the rent ...

Article: Brown ready to put his foot down on stamp duty
The Sunday Herald;  March 4, 2001 ;     282 words ......Brown is expected in his Budget to stamp out stamp duty on individual share trades of...tax on their share transactions. Stamp duty in the UK currently stands at...and business groups who believe stamp duty on share trades is handicapping...they add that it would increase ...

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 with most...really 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 property...receives a ...

Article: 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...

Article: Stamp duty crippling
The Press;  December 19, 2005 ;     134 words ......true what Sue Allen writes -- that capital gains tax is levied on house sales in...1977 and did not pay a penny in capital gains, and that applies to all house sales. It is possible to pay capital gains if the house has more than an acre...tax. The big problem in the UK is ...

Article: Axing stamp duty would yield pounds 3bn, says Exchange
The Independent - London;  February 1, 2000 ;     333 words ...THE ABOLITION of stamp duty on share dealing would give...boost to the economy, raise capital gains receipts by a one- off pounds...5bn in tax revenues from stamp duty on shares. It warned that...that could arise from ending stamp duty." The research said the ...

Article: Lib Dems propose cut in Stamp Duty.
Mortgage Strategy;  September 24, 2007 ;     200 words ......proposed to raise the threshold for Inheritance Tax and Stamp Duty to #500,000. The news will go down well with supporters of Mortgage Strategy's Step Up Stamp Duty campaign, which has been generating support since it...report by the party says cuts in Inheritance Tax and Stamp Duty, ...

Article: Brash wrong over capital gains ~ group
The Press;  March 31, 1997 ;     323 words ......said. Mr Munro said stamp duty had the effect of...By repealing the Stamp Duty Act, investors could...attracts $19,250 of stamp duty whereas a $1 million...investment, the repeal of stamp duty should be the first...across-the-board capital gains tax is an ...

Article: Stamp duty marks us all.(Brief Article)
Financial Adviser;  February 3, 2005 ;     311 words ......expected this year. Stamp duty, an issue which has simmered...A Halifax report on stamp duty last week turned up the...tax. The revenue from stamp duty has risen from AGBP65m...generates more money from stamp duty than capital gains tax. The only ...

Article: 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...

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 that...