Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) - the new penalties for inaccurate returns

SDLT may only be approaching its seventh anniversary, but it has already been subjected to various changes, both through SDLT-targeted measures, and also as part of a wider programme of consolidation and harmonisation across a range of taxes.

A Budget for real estate?

On Wednesday 22 April Chancellor Alistair Darling made his second, and one of the most eagerly awaited, Budget statements. A top rate of income tax at 50% ... A diminution in the value of personal allowances ...