Residential Sales Stamp Duty

** Further to the announcement on 8th July 2020 from the chancellor in the mini-budget, please note the below calculator does NOT take into consideration the updates announcing the stamp duty holiday on purchase up to £500,000 on all completions of house sales up until 31st March 2021 with immediate effect. **

Second Home or Buy To Let

Purchase price bands	Percentage rate	SDLT due
Up to £125,000	3%	£0
Above £125,000 and up to £250,000	5%	£0
Above £250,000 and up to £925,000	8%	£0
Above £925,000 and up to £1,500,000	10%	£0
Above £1,500,000+	12%	£0
	Total SDLT due	£0

Stamp Duty Land Tax calculator

You can use the following calculator to work out how much you will have to budget.

The calculator works out the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) you'll have to pay for residential purchases (including lease premium) using new rules effective from 4 December 2014.

How does the Stamp Duty reform effect you?

In this years Autumn statement, the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced the long-awaited changes to the Stamp Duty Land Tax, payable by buyers of UK property.

This long held cost to buyers has been criticised in the past as not adjusting with the increase in house prices, and was notably harsh to sellers their properties just above specific price points. The previous system distorted the market by making it very unattractive to buy a property for a price just above the stamp duty thresholds of £125,000, £250,000, £500,000, £1m, £2m because the entire value of the purchase was taxed at one rate.

Under the new system, which came into effect at midnight on 4 December, buyers of properties under £937,000 will pay less Stamp Duty than the old system. However, buyers paying over this amount may pay considerably more.

Purchase Price	Rate of tax payable
£0 - £125,000	0%
£125,001 - £250,000	2%
£250,001 - £925,000	5%
£925,001 - £1,500,000	10%
Over £1,500,000	12%

The chart below compares the old rate to the new schedule applied to the full purchase price of the property, for purchases up to £1m.

From the chart, it can be seen that:

No Stamp Duty is still payable for properties bought under £125,000
For purchases over £125,000, the rate of tax payable gradually increases.
There are now no discernable jumps in the tax rate, showing that the problem price points, i.e. £125,000, £250,000, £500,000 and others, now do not present any particular issues.
For most purchases above £935,000, the Stamp Duty payable now is greater than under the previous regime.

If you want a free valuation on your property, or a discussion on how the new rates will affect the selling of your property, we would be delighted to speak to you on 0113 2888 666.