First time buyer stamp duty

Arnie5

Hi, 
I am a first time buyer but my partner is not. If I buy a property for us both to live in do I have to pay stamp duty because it is a home for both of us? 

Keep_pedalling

Unless you are married, no.

user1977

And assuming you are genuinely buying it solo i.e. not if your partner has a beneficial interest because they're chipping in money as well.

Arnie5

We are married so this would mean I would have to pay stamp duty then/

SDLT_Geek

Arnie5 said:

We are married so this would mean I would have to pay stamp duty then/

Not necessarily.  Does your spouse have other property interests?

If so then the extra 5% might apply and FTB relief then goes.  That is because the 5% surcharge rules treat a spouse as being a joint buyer, even where they are not.

But if the extra 5% does not apply, then the FTB rules do not bring in a spouse in the same way.  So if it is all your money and all your property, then you could qualify for the relief.