SDLT Online: Accessing Local Authority Numbers and SDLT calculators
Local Authority (LA) details
An alphabetical list of LA numbers opens in a separate browser window when you select the help icon '?' after each of the three LA questions in the return:
- Q26 SDLT 1
- Q2 SDLT 2
- Q12 SDLT 4
You have to manually key-in the LA number, because the application won’t pre-populate the field by selecting it from the list.
Stamp Taxes calculator and SDLT lease transactions calculator
A link to both calculators is provided within the question mark icon (help icon) at question 1.23. You do not have to leave the application to access the calculators on our website.
We are hoping to provide you with a more obvious link to the calculators, as part of our June 2007 enhancement to the Stamp Taxes Online service. This should display a 'Calculate' button at Lease Duty Net Present Value (NPV) questions (1.23 & 4.25). Once selected, it will take you to our calculators page.
Meeting with Commercial Case Management Software Developers: 18 December 2006
This event was successful and very useful. Those attending gave an overview of their:
- businesses
- application; and
- market
The introduction of the SDLT online certificate was deemed to be a major success - and a big selling point for online filing.
Third Party software suppliers were pleased to be given an insight into future Stamp Taxes IT enhancements and other possible changes. The group worked collaboratively to reach agreements on the way forward. Stamp Taxes have agreed to assist the vendor community in understanding the more complex requirements of SDLT.
Registers of Scotland (RoS) and HM Land Registry both gave overviews on how their automated land registration projects were proceeding. This was well received and the software suppliers present appreciated learning about future developments.
New rates of interest on stamp taxes paid late and overpaid
We would like to clarify what we said in PN 16 about interest rates.
From 6 September 2006, an interest rate of 7.5 per cent will apply to any SDLT paid late by customers. This rate will also apply to any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax paid late (from 1 October 1999).
Also from 6 September 2006, the rate of interest on SDLT overpaid was changed to 3 per cent (not 7.5 per cent, as referred to in PN16.) This rate will also apply to any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax repayment from 1 October 1999.
From 6 September 2006, the interest rate for stamp duty reserve tax paid late or overpaid (to 30 September 1999) was amended to 5.75 per cent.
Previous issues of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter
Information in earlier Practitioners' Newsletters was current at the time of publication but may become outdated or incorrect with the passage of time. Such material should not be relied on as a permanent source of guidance.
We do not retain hard copies of previous issues, but they are all available on this website.
