Stamp Taxes 2019/20 is a comprehensive and practical guide to all current UK stamp and land taxes: Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Reserve Tax, and Stamp Duty Land Tax, together with commentary on Land and Buildings Transaction Tax and Land Transaction Tax.
It explains the reasons behind many of the current rules by exploring the history and development of stamp taxes, whilst setting out the scope of each tax and explaining how they interact. It also includes chapters on both Land and Buildings Transaction Tax which applied to transactions over land situated in Scotland with effect from 1 April 2015 and Land Transaction Tax which applied to transactions over land situated in Wales with effect from 1 April 2018. This new edition has been fully updated for Finance Act 2019, and other recent developments, including the following: The introduction of a market value rule for both stamp duty and SDRT purposes on the transfer of listed securities to connected companies, and an update on the reform of stamp duty