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Article: Budget 2000: Stamp Duty/Housing - Stamp duty increased on property over pounds 250,000
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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GORDON BROWN again hit owners and potential buyers of the most
expensive properties with a rise in stamp duty. In his Budget speech,
the Chancellor also announced a review of stamp duty on houses built
on brownfield - or recycled - land, a measure aimed at boosting urban
regeneration.
Stamp duty - a tax paid by buyers of property - was raised on
property costing pounds 250,000 or more from 2.5 to 3 per cent. On
property costing more than pounds 500,000, the duty was increased
from 3.5 to 4 per cent.
This was the fourth successive Budget to bring an increase in
stamp duty. The changes mean that, for example, for a buyer of a
house costing pounds 550,000, the stamp duty would rise from ...
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