NOUN
- a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications)
How To Use stamp duty In A Sentence
- The stamp duty surcharge also meant buyers tried to close deals quickly. Times, Sunday Times
- It will be exempt from stamp duty because the transfer is not being done in return for payment. Times, Sunday Times
- Such property was the most popular option of landlords in the months leading up to the stamp duty surcharge, pushing up prices further. Times, Sunday Times
- His taxable pay for 2007-08 included a substantial relocation package, including stamp duty on a new home. Times, Sunday Times
- The stamp duty surcharge also meant buyers tried to close deals quickly. Times, Sunday Times
- The Department expects the new stamp duty thresholds on non-residential property to raise an additional €118.5 million in 2003 and €158 million for a full year.
- With the stamp duty threshold sticking at £60,000, you can see why these extra costs contribute to first time buyers being unable to acquire their own homes.
- The headline grabber will be the abolition of stamp duty for first homebuyers for properties valued up to $500 000.
- Taxing capital gains on home sales - partially offset by the abolition of stamp duty - would break this cycle of irrationalism. Times, Sunday Times
- The concept of stamp duty is utterly ridiculous. Times, Sunday Times
