The new stamp duty land tax came into force on 1 December 2003. The Inland Revenue site dealing with SDLT is here.
A SDLT calculator can also be found on the website of solicitors Charle Russell.
The Landlord Zone's page dealing with SDLT can be found here.
Articles:"Land tax: the basics" by Reg Nock - A guide to some of the fundamental concepts of stamp duty land tax (Solicitors Journal, 11 July 2003, p803).
"Commercial Leases and Stamp Duty Land Tax" by Emma Slessenger - A very clear summary of the changes (Landlord and Tenant Review, vol 7, issue 6, p118).
"Get to grips with stamp duty regime" by Charles Ward - A useful article for the complete beginner giving an overview of the new regime. (Estates Gazette, 2 October 2004, p147)
SDLT alert (1) by RS Nock First in a series of two articles on SDLT. This one deals with a number of problems caused by amendments to the regime. (Solicitors Journal, 20 January 2006, p45).
SDLT alert (2) by RS Nock Second of two articles compliance and completing the form. (Solicitors Journal, 27 January 2006, p81).
"A different type of tax" by Peta Dollar, Dechert LLP - More help on trying to understand this tax. (Estates Gazette, 7 January 2006, p94)
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