{"id":75149,"date":"2017-12-22T17:13:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T10:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-government-taking-two-months-to-refund-stamp-duty\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T11:03:09","slug":"uk-government-taking-two-months-to-refund-stamp-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-government-taking-two-months-to-refund-stamp-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"UK government taking two months to refund stamp duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPeople who buy new main home before selling existing one hit by stamp duty change meant to curb buy-to-let landlordsThe government is taking more than two months to refund homebuyers stung by a stamp duty change brought in by George Osborne to curb buy-to-let landlords.A 3% surcharge has been payable by anyone purchasing an \u201cadditional\u201d property such as a buy-to-let investment or holiday home since April 2016, but an unintended consequence is that those who buy a new main home before selling their existing one are also forced to pay upfront, with the proviso that they may claim a refund if they sell the former home within three years. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/dec\/22\/uk-government-taking-two-months-to-refund-stamp-duty\" target=\"_blank\">UK government taking two months to refund stamp duty<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; People who buy new main home before selling existing one hit by stamp duty change&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-jy5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115076,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-i-get-a-refund-on-stamp-duty-which-ive-paid-twice\/","url_meta":{"origin":75149,"position":0},"title":"Can I get a refund on stamp duty, which I&#039;ve paid twice?","date":"March 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r My wife and I have split up and I agreed to buy out her half of the flat we bought togetherQ In September 2017 my wife and I bought a flat in joint names as our permanent home and paid stamp duty. 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