Our average claim value is in excess of £16,000
We can get refunds within an average of 6 weeks
We have a 100% success rate on cases we submit to HMRC
We provide you with dedicated case handler from start to finish. No call centres
Use our free claim checker below to find out if you qualify for a claim:
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If you have purchased a property via Probate (from the person or representatives of a deceased person) as a limited company or a partnership you may be eligible to reclaim the stamp duty claim - SDLT claim
If you can answer yes to the questions below you could be entitled to a refund:
Stamp duty land tax - SDLT is a tax targeted at buyers of land, property and rights over property (like leases). You pay stamp duty when you purchase property, or a piece of land. Not all purchases attract stamp duty. The rules over when you have to pay stamp duty and how much you must pay are extremely complicated. Generally, the following 6 factors will affect whether and how much you have to pay
• Whether the land/property is used residentially or non-residentially
• How much you paid for the land
• Who you are: an individual, a company, or a partnership
• Where you live, if you are a UK resident or non-resident
• Why you bought the land/property
• Whether you have bought anything else in a related transaction
HMRC will not accept stamp duty refund claims for property purchases that took place more than 4 years ago.
- We operate on a ‘No Win No Fee’ basis. In the case of a successful claim, our charge is 27.5% + VAT (total 33%) of the total refund. If we are unsuccessful there is no charge for our service.
Once you have submitted all of the documents we need, the average claim takes 10 weeks until a decision is reached by HMRC.
Every claim is different. In most cases we have been able to arrange a full rebate of the original stamp duty amount paid. This is subject to your case meeting our criteria and dependent on providing the required documents to submit a claim.
In 2003 the government reformed the way it taxed purchases of land and created a new tax called stamp duty land tax which only applied to the buyer of land/property. There were a number of reasons for this but the main two were:
1. Stamp duty was too easy to avoid – stamp duty land tax is much more difficult to legally avoid paying.
2. Stamp duty was complex, not always fair and sometimes did not make much sense. Stamp duty land tax is still complicated and is, when people are not overpaying, perhaps fairer.
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