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Stamp Duty

You must pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) if you buy a property or land over a certain price in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The current SDLT threshold is £125,000 for residential properties and £150,000 for non-residential land and properties.

You pay the tax when you:

  • buy a freehold property
  • buy a new or existing leasehold
  • buy a property through a shared ownership scheme
  • are transferred land or property in exchange for payment, eg you take on a mortgage or buy a share in a house

https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/overview

Samp Duty Calculator


The price of the property

Are you a first time buyer?

Property is a buy to let or second home

Stamp Duty to pay is:

£0 GBP

(Effective rate 0%)

First Time Buyers pay no stamp duty up to £425,000 and on property purchases up to £625,000.

Purchase price of the property Rate of Stamp Duty

£0 - £250,000

0%

£250,001 - £925,000

5%

£925,001 - £1,5 million

10%

Over £1,5 million

12%

How is this calculated?

Under the latest government rules you may pay Stamp Duty at several different rates, depending on the purchase price. Under the old rules, there were several different Stamp Duty rates, but you as a homebuyer, paid the same rate on the whole purchase price.