Abolish Stamp Duty Land Tax for residential house purchases throughout the UK.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

For house buyers SDLT is a material amount of tax charged for buying a home. This tax typically occurs at points in life where finances are stretched and penalises flexibility. SDLT (and its devolved equivalents) should be abolished so that there are no taxes on buying houses in the UK.

SDLT is a poor government policy and abolishing it will bring many economic and social benefits. This includes the additional dwelling supplement.

1. Greater personal freedom and liberty for people to move house.
2. Better use of housing space through people being able to move up and down the housing ladder when needed.
3. Greater labour mobility due to people being able to move more freely for work.
4. Increase housing transactions giving economic benefits.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

The UK Government is only responsible for taxes on the purchase of properties in England and Northern Ireland. The Scottish and Welsh governments are responsible for taxes on property purchases in Scotland and Wales.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to abolish the Stamp Duty Land Tax in England and Northern Ireland, if that's what you want to happen.

Timeline

29 Dec 2022	Petition opened for signatures
5 Jan 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Jan 2023

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