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Doing Due Diligence on Land Transactions

Sean Randall, Senior Manager, in Deloitte & Touche LLP's Stamp Tax Consultancy, explains why the importance, and difficulty, of SDLT due diligence should not be underestimated

 
Sean Randall Senior Manager in Deloitte & Touche LLP's Stamp Tax Consultancy explains why the importance and difficulty of SDLT due diligence should not be underestimated
 
It's trite to say that the SDLT legislation is enormously complicated. And far from the legislation becoming clearer as it supposedly beds down in some areas it is becoming more difficult to understand and apply. (This is a reflection of the number of anti-avoidance provisions welded on by successive regulations and Finance Acts the ambiguity in the drafting thereof and the fact that HMRC guidance although voluminous in amount is unhelpfully contained in numerous...

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