Urgent! Please help MSE test new Stamp Duty tool

barrybarryr

Worked fine for me on a mac running 10.6.3 and safari 4.05.

bugeyed

Tried multiple values and yes and no for the first time buyer bit

Worked fine for me using mozilla firefox 3.6.2 Windows 7 both 32 and 64 bit ultimate (2 computers)

As I run the 'no script' add-on, I had to use 'trust moneysavingexpert.com'
With scripting disabled, the result was that entering anything into the box and clicking calculate resulted in the page reloading with no calculation done. So this may be the problem some will suffer - i.e browser security set too high

As I said, no problem for me using the security settings correctly

littlemissmoney

When you put any amount over £250,000 it says "as you aren't a first time buyer..." even if you have selected that you are.

Chrisca50

Worked fine for me, ta

muskoka

Worked fine for me though I input 300,000 for property price and said I was a first time buyer - correct answer was £9.000 BUT it said as I wasn't first time buyer stamp duty is £9,000. Obviously its 9K regardless

bugeyed

littlemissmoney wrote: »

When you put any amount over £250,000 it says "as you aren't a first time buyer..." even if you have selected that you are.

Yep got that too

Needs to say 'As you aren't a first time buyer buying a property below £250000'

wymondham

rinabean wrote: »

If I buy a house for 500000 as a FTB it says "As you aren't a first time buyer, you will have to pay 3% in Stamp Duty, so £15,000".

i entered 350000 as a FTB and got this as well....:(

egyptiangirl

fine for my search

bugeyed

James_N wrote: »

I completely fail to see the need to use this.

I disagree entirely. I found the page very informative for all types of people. The full explanation of all the rates on the page, advance notice of a rate change and a calculator handy to just click rather than reach for a seperate item or launch calculator on your screen makes life simpler, which is always good.
It would be all too easy to think you only have to pay 1% and get a nasty shock further down the road if you are liable to pay 3%. Also you can see that asking for the price to be reduced from £251,000 to £249,999 for a first time buyer would save you £7350 as an example. Maybe you could offer to buy the kettle seperately for £1001 if the seller really wants £251,000 thereby saving on tax

beebee1

Works fine for me.