{"id":2742,"date":"2026-05-02T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:48:17","slug":"tackling-the-schemers-by-amanda-perrotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/tackling-the-schemers-by-amanda-perrotton\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling the schemers by Amanda Perrotton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HMRC is finally fighting back against the promoters of anti-avoidance schemes. Amanda Perrotton explains all.<br><br>Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), introduced in the Finance Act 2003, is a self-assessed transfer tax charged on land transactions. Similar measures apply for Scotland and Wales. The stamp duty thresholds, which were temporarily increased in September 2022, have now fallen back (as set out in the table below), which means that some buyers will end up paying thousands of pounds more in tax. For residential and commercial purchases, the current rates in England &amp; Northern Ireland from 1 April 2025 are as follows&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the full article below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tackling-the-schemers-by-Amanda-Perrotton-.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Tackling the schemers by Amanda Perrotton.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c4a65caa-06b5-428a-accc-ee790d5e715c\" href=\"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tackling-the-schemers-by-Amanda-Perrotton-.pdf\">Tackling the schemers by Amanda Perrotton<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tackling-the-schemers-by-Amanda-Perrotton-.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c4a65caa-06b5-428a-accc-ee790d5e715c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HMRC is finally fighting back against the promoters of anti-avoidance schemes. Amanda Perrotton explains all. Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), introduced in the Finance Act 2003, is a self-assessed transfer tax charged on land transactions. Similar measures apply for Scotland and Wales. The stamp duty thresholds, which were temporarily increased in September 2022, have now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-april-may-2025"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2743,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions\/2743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}