Another excellent analysis from Dan Neidle on how the very wealthy can avoid stamp duty. Personally triggering as I am staring at a £30k SDLT bill, a move I have to do for work. I cannot easily add five more properties to the deal for less than the sum of the tax taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/09/22/n...
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Nick Candy, Suneil Setiya, and £18.5m stamp duty avoided
Nick Candy’s £265m mansion was the UK’s biggest-ever house sale. We reveal how adding five small flats appears to have avoided £18.5m of stamp duty.