Weil Tax BLOG - Feed https://tax.weil.com/category/uk-tax/sdlt/ Views and developments from the Tax Department at Weil Fri, 29 May 2026 16:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 Sunsets, stamp taxes and share issuances: inadvertent reintroduction of the 1.5% charge? https://tax.weil.com/insights/retained-eu-law-revocation-and-reform-act-2023/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:44:44 +0000 Enda Kerin Weil Tax Blog https://tax.weil.com/?p=1930 On 29 June 2023, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (the “2023 Act”) was given Royal Assent. The Act provides for the “sunsetting” of certain EU laws and rights retained under the European Union Withdrawal Act 2018 (the “2018 Act”) from the end of 2023. One of the seemingly unintended consequences of

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]]> Mini-Budget 2020: Stamp Duty and VAT Announcements https://tax.weil.com/covid19-updates/mini-budget-2020-stamp-duty-and-vat-announcements/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:43:00 +0000 Aron Joy Oliver Walker Ellie Marques Weil Tax Blog http://tax.weil.com/?p=994 The UK Chancellor announced a number of measures today (8 July 2020) to boost the economy in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown.  These included two tax cuts to VAT and stamp duty in an attempt to get the hospitality and housing sectors “bustling again”. VAT will be cut from 20% to 5% for the

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]]> The UK Chancellor announced a number of measures today (8 July 2020) to boost the economy in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown.  These included two tax cuts to VAT and stamp duty in an attempt to get the hospitality and housing sectors “bustling again”. VAT will be cut from 20% to 5% for the

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]]> Autumn Budget 2018 https://tax.weil.com/uk-tax/straight-to-the-point/autumn-budget-2018/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:10:19 +0000 Oliver Walker http://tax.weil.com/?p=506 The Chancellor delivered the 2018 Autumn Budget this afternoon. Here is a summary of the key announcements.

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]]> The Chancellor delivered the 2018 Autumn Budget this afternoon. Here is a summary of the key announcements.

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]]> Perspectives: A Review of Current Legal Issues and Trends Spring/Summer 2015 https://tax.weil.com/uk-tax/straight-to-the-point/perspectives-a-review-of-current-legal-issues-and-trends-spring-summer-2015/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:02:25 +0000 Oliver Walker http://tax.weil.com/?p=455 It was Vince Cable who, at the 2009 Liberal Democrat party conference, first proposed a “mansion tax” on owners of residential properties. Despite drawing much criticism — even among Liberal Democrat MPs — the policy made it into the party’s manifesto for the 2010 general election. The proposal was for an annual levy on that

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]]> It was Vince Cable who, at the 2009 Liberal Democrat party conference, first proposed a “mansion tax” on owners of residential properties. Despite drawing much criticism — even among Liberal Democrat MPs — the policy made it into the party’s manifesto for the 2010 general election. The proposal was for an annual levy on that

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