Stamp duty administration form fee?

tany_2

Hi,

I'm in the process of buying a house for £110,000 and the solicitors have given a breakdown of the fees . I will not be charged stamp duty but I will have to pay £75 for a stamp duty administration form fee? I queried this with one of the staff and they said it is a charge for filling out a form saying that stamp duty is not be charged. I was wondering whether anyone else has been charged this fee and if they can charge this exorbinate amount for a simple form?

Look forward to your replies.

[Deleted User]

I'd have gladly paid 75 quid rather than the 2 thousand pounds in stamp duty I had to pay

olly300

Your choices are:
1. Fill the form in yourself (you will discover like all tax forms it ain't that simple)
2. Go and find another solicitor who will fill in the form for a cheaper amount
3. Pay the £75 to your solicitor

BTW you are liable for putting the correct information on the form not any of the solicitor who completes it for you.

RabbitMad

I think you can ask the solicitors not to do this and say you'll fill in a form and send it to HMRC yourself.

However the penalty if you fill in this form wrong or send it back late will cost you more.

Also some mortgage lenders insist that the solicitor handles the form filling and sending any money to HMRC.

xela_17

The form really isn't that hard to fill in and I hate forms. I've done two before and it took me about 15 mins. Depends how anti-forms you are as to whether you do it yourself or pay the £75 to have your solicitor do it for you.

tany_2

If I was to fill out the form myself is there an additional fee payable to HMRC? and what questiones does the form cover?