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Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people who have instructed solicitors and are in the process of completing property transactions to apply previous stamp duty rates.

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 13 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 17 Mar 2025
Answer: 19 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people who have instructed solicitors and are in the process of completing property transactions to apply previous stamp duty rates.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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19 Mar 2025
Answer published
In September 2022, the previous government announced a change to the level at which purchasers of residential property start paying Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), from £125,000 to £250,000. This change was made temporary in November 2022, and the rate will r...

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