Property Transactions: Stamp Duty Land Tax

This is a short, sharp, practical guide to the new Stamp Duty Land Tax, to help conveyancers understand the new procedures and be aware of traps and pitfalls. The guide aims to clarify the law, the procedures and the problem areas in a down to earth and easily readable manner. It provides invaluable help to complete the forms, including plenty of completed examples.

The book begins with a general introduction to SDLT and then tackles each type of transaction by using a series of real life scenarios to help practitioners grasp the issues involved.

• Provides quick answers about Stamp Duty Land Tax in a clear and readable style
• Covers both commercial and residential property transactions
• Goes through practice and procedure from a property practitioner's point of view
• Uses real life scenarios to show how the tax applies in different situations
• Warns of traps and pitfalls and offers solutions to those problems
• Contains a full set of forms and guidance on how to complete them
• Checklists and flowcharts are also used wherever helpful