Kevin Griffin and Georgina West of Ernst & Young Stamp Taxes team take a first look at the draft legislation for the modernisation of stamp duty
Kevin Griffin and Georgina West of Ernst & Young Stamp Taxes team take a first look at the draft legislation for the modernisation of stamp duty
After a low-key Pre-Budget report the first batch of the long-awaited draft clauses defining the new version of stamp duty has been unveiled. The Government has taken a simple if somewhat quirky 300 year old tax and 'modernised' it. The new tax will be on transactions not documents. Ultimately the charge will be limited to transactions in UK land and buildings and in UK-registered shares and securities although the draft legislation only covers land and buildings. The reduction...
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Kevin Griffin and Georgina West of Ernst & Young Stamp Taxes team take a first look at the draft legislation for the modernisation of stamp duty
Kevin Griffin and Georgina West of Ernst & Young Stamp Taxes team take a first look at the draft legislation for the modernisation of stamp duty
After a low-key Pre-Budget report the first batch of the long-awaited draft clauses defining the new version of stamp duty has been unveiled. The Government has taken a simple if somewhat quirky 300 year old tax and 'modernised' it. The new tax will be on transactions not documents. Ultimately the charge will be limited to transactions in UK land and buildings and in UK-registered shares and securities although the draft legislation only covers land and buildings. The reduction...
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