... 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 ...

... Stamp duty abolition meaningless, charges FG to abolish Stamp Duty for first-time buyers purchasing properties worth less than €317,500 is a meaningless gesture because of rising house prices, Fine Gael claimed yesterday. With secondhand ...

... 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 ...

... MR. ROEBUCK AXD THE PRESS. (From the John Bull.) In the debate upon the newspaper stamp duty abolition which after all is no abolition at all, nor any reduction worth making any merit of, as for as relates te> papers already esteiblisbi-d, and which have ...

... and hoped for stamp duty cuts which never materialised. Agents Gunne this week issued a reasoned call for the government to move quickly NOW to introduce new measures, suggesting stamp duty abolition for first time buyers and ...

... nine Committeee the Corps Cegis-18 With reference to the press, the proposed changes would consist lowering of the stamp duty, the abolition of the necessity for Government authorization, and in cases of offences against the press laws, the substitution ...

... 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 ...

... committees in the Corps Legislatif. With reference to the Press, the proposed changes would consist in a lowering of the stamp duty, the abolition of the necessity for a Government authorisation, and, in cases of offences against the press laws, the substitution ...

... 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 ...