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Stamp duty

Posted Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:59:10 GMT by
Hello! Looking for some advice about stamp duty. I am a British citizen who moved back to the UK a year ago after living in Canada for 8 years. My Canadian partner moved back with me on a family visa. We kept our house (jointly purchased in 2017) in Canada and are renting it out to tenants. We moved into a flat in the UK that was gifted to only me in 2015. We are looking to buy a home in the UK and sell the flat. So technically our main residence is here in the UK and we will be selling that to purchase another. However, we will still have an additional property but it would not be our main one, being rented instead. Do we need to pay the higher stamp duty? My partner completed the gov.uk test and believes we wouldn't need to as our main residence is now in the UK but I am skeptical. Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you
HMRC Admin 19 Response
Posted Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:54:26 GMT by HMRC Admin 19 Response
Hi,

Please contact our Stamp Duty Land Tax team for advice.

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Thank you.

 

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