Stamp Duty

Pub property agents call for stamp duty cuts

29-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Cutting stamp duty and cracking down on cheap supermarket prices top the list of measures that agents want the next Government to take to stimulate...

Pubs forgotten in stamp-duty plan

13-Aug-2008 By Paul Collins

The licensed property trade is being cold-shouldered by the Chancellor after he hinted at plans to suspend stamp-duty charges in the residential sector.

Budgeting for all the add-ons

06-Sep-2007

Be alert to the hidden costs when buying a pub lease, says Simon Stracey, commercial director at Marlborough Leisure Everyone knows that when you buy...

My Shout - Stamp Duty

01-Dec-2005

Barry Gillham takes a looks at the effect of stamp duty reform and finds the new system unfair It is two years (to the day!) since Stamp Duty Land...

Legal advice: Stamp duty

12-Apr-2005

Our legal team offers some advice on stamp duty for commercial properties.By Piers Warne of thePublican.com's team of legal experts at London...

Stamp duty tax on pub leases starts today

01-Dec-2003

Licensees taking on a new pub lease from today will have to pay the new Stamp Duty Land Tax.The new tax will see licensees charged duty based on the...

London Inn offers to foot stamp duty bill

20-Nov-2003

by Andrew Pring The London Inn Group is offering to pay the new stamp duty on any of its leases of up to 10 years' duration. Executive chairman Alan...

Stamp duty hike deters licensees

11-Nov-2003

Almost 80 per cent of licensees would be put off from buying a new leased pub because of the hike in stamp duty costs, according to a poll on...

Stamp duty reform will cost licensees an extra £11m a year, says BBPA

21-Oct-2003

Licensees will be forced to pay out an extra £11m a year in stamp duty under new government proposals, says the British Beer & Pub Association...

Reform of Stamp Duty appears to be just one more tax that wi

14-Aug-2003

Clever boys in the City have treated Stamp Duty as an optional tax, with some wonderfully complex schemes involving off-shore companies. Such schemes...

Minister writes to government over stamp duty concerns

22-Jul-2003

The on-going saga of stamp duty reform took another twist this week when shadow financial secretary to the Treasury Mark Prisk MP wrote to the...

Stamp duty reform slammed

30-May-2003

The government has been slammed over its controversial stamp duty reforms. The Conservative Party has condemned the government for failing to provide...

Stamp duty proposal may bring tax hike for licensees

07-Mar-2003

Licensees who lease their property could be facing massive charges if plans to reform stamp duty are passed. A proposal put forward by the government...

Modernising stamp duty

15-Oct-2002

by David Clifton of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors Joelson WilsonNothing in life is certain except death and tax - so...

Experts predict sector will benefit from Budget changes

25-Apr-2002

The licensed property trade will benefit from the reforms announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown in the Budget, according to experts.Licensed property...