Residential and development

Treasury tax windfall down to 3% SDLT surcharge

By 2017-09-01T00:00:00

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Source: Call off Duty

The £2bn increase in stamp duty collected by HMRC over the past year is mainly due to the 3% surcharge levied on buy-to-let (BTL) and second-home purchases, according to new data.

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