Stamp Duty Land Tax Practitioners' News
The SDLT Practitioners Newsletters (PN) and the SDLT Technical Newsletters (TN)
The PNs and TNs are intended to reflect Stamp Taxes position at the time of publication, for the latest up to date information please refer to the relevant SDLT Manual.
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Late Filing Penalties, Practitioners News 21 |
Stamp Taxes Online New enhancements, Printing and submitting the SDLT5 certificate, Local Authorities and government departments can now register, Transactions with 100 or more properties, How to set up ‘Users’ & ‘Assistants’, Adding ‘Company Details’ to an HMRC return, Multiple properties, What to do if you don’t activate your registration within 28 days, Shared equity lease transactions, Other issues SDLT6 Guidance Notes: how to use the new HTML version, CHAPS Payments, Interest on late paid SDLT, Priority Faxes, Stamp Taxes Helpline, Stamp Taxes Reorganisation, Previous issues of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter, Quick Links Newsletter 20 (PDF 116K) |
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Stamp duty land tax – save time and money – file your returns online, Online filing queries – which Helpline to use, Reviewing ways to file returns: HMRC CD-ROMs no longer issued, Stamp Taxes Online – Send the online certificate to the land registries - not the ‘submission successful’ message, Stamp Taxes Online – ‘System busy’ messages, Stamp Taxes online filing - procedure for making payment/submitting plans and schedules, Stamp Taxes Online – No more paper certificates, SDLT Team reaches out to customers, Stamp Taxes Online Reference Number (STORN), Stamp Taxes Online - Transactions that cannot be filed online and should be sent to Birmingham Stamp Office, Land Transaction Returns – amendments made over the telephone, Form SDLT60 – Certification that no return is required, Cheque payments - Include the Unique Transaction Reference Number (UTRN), SDLT1 – Question 55 (‘Are you acting as a trustee’), Processing of unsigned or returned cheques, Send correspondence previously dealt with in Manchester Stamp Office to Birmingham, Stamp Taxes Helpline, The Welsh Language Act 1993, SDLT 6 Guidance notes have now been written for screen reading, allowing full Internet navigation. There is a typing error in the latest printed version (August 2007), Ordering printed versions of the SDLT6 Guidance Notes, Stamp Taxes Re-organisation, Previous issues of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter, Quick Links Newsletter 19 (PDF 116K) |
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Unscannable black and white (2D bar-coded) land transaction returns - change in approach, Submitting returns beyond the due date: ‘reasonable excuses’ for 2D bar-coded returns, ‘Effective date’ - How to avoid making errors on SDLT 1 (Question 4) for Lease transactions, Advice on retaining copies of SDLT1 Returns and purchasers not signing blank returns, Online SDLT6 guidance notes are the most up-to-date, SDLT CD-Rom, Revised SDLT60 (used to notify land registries that no SDLT1 is required)/Where to send an SDLT60, SDLT Cheque Payments, Stamp Taxes Online - the paper trail is over, Automated Registration to Title of Land (ARTL) - for Scotland only, Latest SDLT improvement initiatives, SDLT on the web, Stamp Taxes reorganisation, General Feedback, Practitioners’ News: back issues Newsletter 18 (PDF 100K) |
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2-d bar-coded SDLT1 Return failures, Question 59 - Authorising an agent to handle correspondence, Netherton SDLT processing centre, Schedules: when they are required, General Feedback, Stamp Taxes Online Internet pages, Paper copies of online returns, Stamp Taxes Online: practical arrangements for practitioners, Stamp Taxes Online: feedback, SDLT Online: - paying SDLT efficiently, SDLT Online: Accessing Local Authority Numbers and SDLT calculators, Meeting with Commercial Case Management Software Developers, New rates of interest on stamp taxes paid late and overpaid, Previous issues of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter, Quick Links. Newsletter 17 (PDF 92K) |
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Electronic SDLT5 certificate, Birmingham Stamp Office: change of address, Penalty letter responses, Analysis of SDLT8 requisition notices issued, Ringing the changes for SDLT8s, Vendor’s address (SDLT1, Questions 34 - 38), Agent details (SDLT1, Questions 57- 62), The Welsh Language Act 1993, 2-D bar-coded/CD-Rom notifications, New SDLT Form 46 - Appeal against a penalty determination, New rates of interest on stamp taxes paid late and overpaid, Feedback, Previous issues of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter, Quick Links. Newsletter 16 (PDF 79K) |
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Special issue on Automated Registration of Title to Land (ARTL) and the e-conveyancing project, Previous issues of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter, Quick Links. Newsletter 15 (PDF 41K) |
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Announcing details of further enhancements to the Stamp Taxes Online service over the coming months. Newsletter 14 (PDF 42K) |
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Special issue on the introduction of the Electronic SDLT5 certificate, Previous issues of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter, Quick Links. Newsletter 13 (PDF 35K) |
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Renaming of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter, Interest repayments, New Post Office charging criteria, Receipt of original documents enclosed with SDLT applications at our Data Capture Centre, SDLT Payments, HMRC services for customers with special requirements, Late filing penalties, Minimum information required on SDLT1 returns, Feedback, Previous issues of the SDLT Practitioners’ Newsletter, Quick Links. Newsletter 12 (PDF 78K) |
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Closure of London Stamp Office counter service, Movement of Stamp Taxes operations from Worthing Stamp Office to Birmingham Stamp Office, Completing SDLT1 Returns - common errors, Stamp Taxes Online Service (Computer Requirements, Service availability, Customer Feedback). |
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Land transaction returns, our new online product - Online Tax Return - Land Transaction, 2-d barcode issues and other SDLT and general issues. |
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Important SDLT changes:- New On-line completion and submission (full On-line filing), interest charged on late or unpaid SDLT or penalties, SDLT - changes to submission of land transaction returns. |
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Completion of the land transaction return, Users of SDLT Case Management Software changing to barcoded forms, SDLT 8 Queries, SDLT Transactions that should be sent to Manchester CTU, Revised SDLT 6 guidance and SDLT budget 2005 proposals. |
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SDLT forms supplied by Legal or Software Suppliers, Completion
of the SDLT1:Tips for avoiding rejections, Non-residential transactions,
What do I do if my certificate is incorrect?, SDLT payment issues.
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National Land & Property Gazetteer- Unique Property Reference
Number (NLPG UPRN), SDLT Compliance regime, SDLT payment issues, Ordering
SDLT forms, Reversionary Leases, |
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Special issue with information on the SDLT CD-Rom. |
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Use of DX exchange numbers, Relief claimed on ‘Right to Buy’
transactions, One cheque submitted covering multiple applications,
Leases, SDLT and ‘nil-rate band discretionary trusts’.
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SDLT1- errors and processing issues, SDLT8s: when they will be issued, Multiple Acquisitions, SDLT: calculating amount due, Advice on when you can use an SDLT60 instead of an SDLT1 to notify a transaction. |
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Phasing out of ‘Light Touch’ arrangements, Penalties for late land transaction returns- a reminder, When an SDLT1 should be submitted, When plans need to be submitted with an SDLT1, Common queries regarding leases. |
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Common errors made in completing SDLT1 Returns. |
