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- How to Save Tax with an ‘EFRBS’(September 2010)
- Tax Savings for Entrepreneurs(September 2010)
- How to Buy the Trade and Assets of a Business Without VAT(August 2010)
- Fighting Property Values with HMRC(August 2010)
- How to Claim Relief for Trading Losses - And Don’t Forget Class 4 NIC!(August 2010)
- A “Business” is Better!(July 2010)
- Non-Dom ‘Loopholes’ – Bringing Money Into The UK Tax Free(July 2010)
- Using Your Own Car for Work(June 2010)
- Tax Relief Boost for Business Owners(May 2010)
- Will we be liable for stamp duty on our first UK property purchase?(December 2011)
- If I purchase a van may I claim this against my properties' capital gains?(December 2011)
- How can I tackle the tax man’s demands?(October 2011)
- I am an ex director of a now dissolved company what is my position and the tax position of the company?(October 2011)
- Do We Have to Pay Both Class 2 and Class 4 Insurance Contributions?(October 2011)
- Is Stamp Duty Due on Swap?(October 2011)
- Can HMRC Claim Tax on Gifted Properties?(October 2011)
- Can a UK Company Purchase an Italian Property?(September 2011)
- Are Lease Extension Fees Allowable?(September 2011)
- Will I Have to Pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT)?(September 2011)
Will we be liable for stamp duty on our first UK property purchase?
My partner and I have never owned a house in the UK and are first time buyers. If we buy a new home for £300,000 on a joint application, will stamp duty still be payable?
Arthur Weller Replies:
Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) is still payable. In March 2010, the Chancellor introduced a new relief for first time buyers from SDLT until March 2012 where the purchase price is not more than £250,000. Your question was presumably that since you are buying the property jointly with your partner, maybe the £300,000 price is deemed to be two purchases of £150,000 each, and so you would still qualify for the relief. However if you look on http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2010/march/sdlt-qa-tech-1545.pdf, you can see in Q.10 there that ‘the sum for the whole of the purchase must not exceed £250,000’.
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