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Helen Thring
Marketing & Operations Manager
Helen is Nick’s sister and she successfully set up and established our Lettings Department back in 2013. Having spent much of her career prior to DY working in marketing, Helen now heads up our Marketing & Operations department. This suits her organisational skills, creativity and keen eye for detail perfectly! She loves taking long walks with her Labrador Finn and when time permits, travelling and visiting new places around the globe.
Top of my bucket list is…
To visit more new countries and ultimately, travel round Europe in a camper van.
My guilty pleasure…
Ben & Jerry’s cookie dough ice cream – I’ve got a very sweet tooth, for my sins.
When I was younger, I wanted to be…
Less shy.
If I were a superhero, my superpower would be…
To find a cure for cancer and dementia. Here’s hoping.
On Sunday morning, you can usually find me…
Up bright and early for a dog walk!
You might be surprised to know that…
One of my earliest qualifications as a teenager was as a Clarks trained shoe fitter. Ohh, all those back to school shoes!
15 Dec 2015
Stamp Duty Land Tax or SDLT is a tax levied by the government and paid by anyone buying (or leasing) land or buildings in England & Wales with a capital value in excess of £125,000 or net present rental value over the term of the lease of £125,000.
The tax is payable within 30 days of the transaction and is calculated based upon the purchase price of the property. The amount due is calculated on a sliding scale as follows:
£0 – £125,000 = Nil£125,001-£250,000 = 2%£250,001-£925,000 = 5%£925,001-£1,500,000 = 10%£1,500,001 and Over = 12%
The appropriate SDLT Rate is applied to each band as appropriate and so the buyer of a property bought for say £600,000 would pay SDLT calculated as follows:
£0 – £125,000 = £125,000 x 0% = £0£125,001 – £250,000 = £124,999 x 2% = £2,500£250,001 – £600,000 = £349,999 x 5% = £17,500SDLT Due= £20,000
Stamp Duty is payable by the buyer and in most cases the buyer’s solicitor will deal with the paperwork. Even if you do not have to pay SDLT you will, in most cases, still have to inform the revenue of the transaction.
There are certain exclusions and exemptions to SDLT including when a property is gifted or left in a will or where part of a property is transferred from one spouse to another during divorce. For more details go to the HMRC Fact Sheet here.
Click here to see the new Stamp Duty Tax changes for First-Time Buyers as of November 2017.
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