Can rUK and Scotland operate on separate stamp duty tax regimes?

[Nicholas Wallwork]

When the Scottish government received the rights to change Scotland’s first independent tax laws for 300 years it did not take the SNP long to make an announcement. John Swinney, the finance minister, took his red pen to the stamp duty taxes of the UK introducing a new property tax across Scotland. The idea was [...]

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[gih_hk]

I think the two can work with two varying SDLT laws. They both have different market dynamic. UK is currently being led by London with Birmingham closely on its tail especially this year. Scotland is also a different field so it can work.