Posts tagged: Stamp duty

RARE ALERT: HM Treasury said to be weighing major changes to property tax; may even abolish stamp duty - part 3

Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 5:26 pm

I see my former employer, The Daily Telegraph, has picked up on a theme little old Betaville has been writing about for the last month or so. Today, the venerable newspaper splashed the main book on a campaigning piece - dubbed 'Stamp duty' - advocating major changes to the tax (for readers outside of the UK you have to pay stamp duty when you purchase a property). Here is a link to the The Daily Telegraph's splash story:..

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RARE ALERT: HM Treasury said to be weighing major changes to property taxes; may even abolish stamp duty

Thursday, 15 September 2016, 6:38 pm

It's not often little old Betaville comes up with the RARE about politics and Government policy (people who know me well know that I'm more of a corporate reporter) but I stumbled upon some policy RARE earlier this week that, if true, will have major implications for home owners, estate agents, housebuilders and, I guess, the British economy...

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