... Estate agents welcome stamp duty abolition By Nick Thomas ESTATE agents in Bury St Edmunds and Thetford have welcomed the Government's decision to abolish stamp duty on house purchases. _. .. _. Chancellor Norman Lamont's attempt to breathe ...

... body blow. And this time the increases have brought renewed calls for Government help through increased tax relief and stamp duty abolition. Before the latest mortgage rise housing economists Mike Fleming and Joe Nellis were predicting a brighter future for ...

... abolish the tax on transactions” (stamp duty) Abolition of this tax will ease the difficulties faced by those with negative equity who wish to move and also cut the costs of first-time buyers entering the market” Stamp duty is levied at the ...

... the Government and these factors should more than compensate for revenue lost as a result of stamp duty abolition. Last year, the Government did suspend stamp duty for about eight months. The result was a substantial increase in the property ...

... Budget forecast: Stamp duty cuts ABOLITION of stamp duts on share transactions and the halving to 05 per cent of stamp duty on property transactions are amongst the predictions inthe Bristol & West Building ...

... relatively simple reforms: Abolition of dividend limitation; abolition of stamp duty; and abolition of the 25 per cent ' surrender' requirement on foreign investments. attached, say the Stock Exchange. : Abolishing ...

... ion. Either way, very few small investors are likely to be affected by the Chancellor's promise to do away with stamp duty. Its abolition makes better sense in support for London’s bid to become the hub of Europe’s financial services industry. Instead ...

... societies -including the Halifax - were disappointed Chancellor Ken Clarke didn’t heed pleas for special measures such as stamp duty abolition extra aid for first time buyers and tax concessions for homeowners in negative equity Professional surveyors were however ...

... just under £1 billion CORPORATION TAX: Reducing the burden on company profits by one per cent would cost £630 million STAMP DUTY: Abolition would cost £2 billion but could revive the flagging housing market WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? THE Chancellor ...

... the American road of self— certification, self— regulation, self— dependence. We will all have a few shares, now that stamp duty abolition will make it easier and cheaper to get them and now that the Stock Exchange has announced it wants to make improvements ...

... going to be satisfied. Some call for reduction of beer and tobacco duties, others for a reduction of petrol tax, surtax and income tax, death duties and purchase tax, stamp duty, the abolition of Schedule A tax and so on. Higher old-age ...

... a rush to buy The temporary Stamp Duty abolition could easily trigger a similar response” he added Affordability Some of the group’s large executive homes are on the market at around £230000 which by buying before Stamp Duty returns would ...