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Tax Insights – Stamp duty: Does it have a future?

In recent years, the Government has failed to take the opportunity to reconsider the basis and incidence of 'stamp tax' and its relevance to the needs of today's economy and society. In its revised form, this is largely a bad tax. Tax Insights Stamp duty: Does it have a future? explains the reasons for this conclusion and urges the Government to think again.

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