Stamp Duty Land Tax
Stamp duty land tax (SDLT), a new tax on land transactions was introduced by the 2003 Act. SDLT largely replaced stamp duty from 1 December 2003. SDLT is not a stamp duty, but a form of self-assessed transfer tax charged on "land transactions".
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