Stamp duty on shares

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Services

• Tax when you buy shares

  How and when you'll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty when you buy shares electronically or using a stock transfer form

• Apply for a share valuation for a Share Incentive Plan (VAL230)

  Apply to find out the value of your company's shares if your company operates a Share Incentive Plan (SIP).

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Guidance and regulation

• Completing a stock transfer form
  • Detailed guide
  • 10 August 2023
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Pay Stamp Duty on shares
  • Detailed guide
  • 25 February 2022
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Stamp Duty reliefs and exemptions on share transfers
  • Detailed guide
  • 25 February 2022
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Stamp Duty: penalties, appeals and interest
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 July 2014
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Shares and assets valuations for tax
  • Detailed guide
  • 7 May 2019
  • HM Revenue & Customs

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News and communications

End of an era as stamp presses decommissioned by HMRC

18 June 2021 — Press release

HM Revenue & Customs

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Research and statistics

• HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK
  • 21 November 2024
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • National statistics
• Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax
  • 13 July 2023
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax — power to make changes in connection with FMI sandboxes and exemption for PISCES
  • 30 October 2024
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper
• Stamp Taxes on Shares: Removal of 1.5% charge on issues and certain related transfers
  • 14 September 2023
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper
• Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax: The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (LCH SA) Regulations 2022
  • 8 February 2022
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper
• Call for evidence: modernisation of the stamp taxes on shares framework
  • 20 July 2021
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Call for evidence outcome
• Transfer of unlisted securities to connected companies for Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax
  • 11 March 2020
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper

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Organisations

• HM Revenue & Customs

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• Stamp tax on electronic shares
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