home buyers have benefitted from lower or no stamp duty a taxe paid on
property purchases in some parts of the uk for more than a year

the taxe holidays on stamp duty or its equivalent taxe were introduced
by ministers to stimulate the housing market as the country emerged
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stamp duty rates in england and northern ireland have now returned to
their prepandemic levels similar taxe in scotland and wales are
already back to normal

yet debate continues over whether the taxe break policy was a success

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stamp duty is a very significant taxe but it is extremely easy to
avoid by just not moving home he says
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valuations and removals it also helped the treasury to bring in extra
taxe receipts from vat for example

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however she says that the chancellors decision in march to extend the
taxe break in england and northern ireland was unnecessary
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she points out that house prices continued to go up in scotland even
after their taxe breaks for residential land and buildings transaction
taxe stopped at the end of march