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Stamp duty
ste1200
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I bought a house 42 days ago and I haven't been asked by my solicitor to pay the £1650 stamp duty. Should I contact them or keep quiet !?
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It's your liability so I'd be contacting them. Even if they've forgotten I very much doubt hmrc have so I don't think you're going to get away with it if that's what you're thinking.0
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This is interesting because I have never bought a property when the solicitor has not asked for the stamp duty money at the time of completion.
Did you use a conveyancing firm or a solicitor, are you sure stamp duty is payable, the property is not in a deprived area with stamp duty exemption is it?0 -
Disadvantaged area status ended last April, so it's not that.
Did you buy with a mortgage? If you did, the solicitor should have collected the SDLT from you in advance of completion.
If no mortgage, you have upto 30 days to pay the SDLT after completion. Did you pay for the solicitor to complete the SDLT return, or did you opt to do it yourself?
If the latter, you may have accepted responsibility for the form and the payment.
Ask your solicitor.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
kingstreet wrote: »Disadvantaged area status ended last April, so it's not that.
Did you buy with a mortgage? If you did, the solicitor should have collected the SDLT from you in advance of completion.
If no mortgage, you have upto 30 days to pay the SDLT after completion. Did you pay for the solicitor to complete the SDLT return, or did you opt to do it yourself?
If the latter, you may have accepted responsibility for the form and the payment.
Ask your solicitor.
Kingstreet thanks I didn't know that0 -
There was a thread on it the other day, concerning reclaims when it shouldn't have been paid.Kingstreet thanks I didn't know that
The postcode checker is still there;-
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/so/dar/dar-search.htmI am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
Thanks for the replies.
Its with a mortgage, which was done through a broker.
I definitely haven't paid stamp duty, and the house was £165,000 so I owe £1,650. Its not in a deprived area. It was rushed through pretty quickly in the last week and the solicitor who I dealt with all the way though was actually on holiday the week of completion.
I'm not aware that I had to pay the solicitor to complete the SDLT return, this was never mentioned.
I would've thought it would've been asked for by now !0 -
check your quotation from the solicitor - what did it include?0
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I would chase up the solicitor about it, far better than facing a criminal charge for Fraud (failing to disclose).:exclamatiScams - Shared Equity, Shared Ownership, Newbuy, Firstbuy and Help to Buy.
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