Land transaction return

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Dear Richard, I take the opportunity that you are a solicitor to ask for your free advice. Briefly I noticed from the Land Transaction Form that my solicitor sent me did not fill in the seller's solicitor details (Q39). I am wondering if this information is a must have information for the Land Registry and it is not a important informaiton. Your advice is greatly appreciated.

Richard_Webster wrote: »

Even though you will not have to pay the tax the lengthy Land Transaction Return Form still has to be completed.

I don't charge separately for it but have set my fees at a level to include the cost as I would rather avoid whenever possible having people think the overall legal costs and disbursements of buying using my firm are less than they really are. I can't think of every possible thing that might cause extras but I try to do my best. If there is an extra I can see as quite likely in the particular case I will tell the potential client about it, even though that means my estimate gets higher. Having a separate item for this form suggests that somehow it is optional and you might not have to pay for it.

In this case it does look as if these solicitors did mention the SDLT form fee as OP is complaining about it. I wouldn't charge it,as I have said, but even with it added on, the overall fees being charged seem reasonable.