Finance Act 2003

55 Amount of tax chargeable: general U.K.

(1) The amount of tax chargeable in respect of a chargeable transaction [F1 to which this section applies] is [F2 determined in accordance with subsections (1B) [F3 and (1C)]].

[F4 (1A) This section applies to any chargeable transaction other than a transaction to which paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A or step 4 of section 74(1A) (higher rate for certain transactions) applies.]

[F5 (1B) If F6 ... the transaction is not one of a number of linked transactions, the amount of tax chargeable is determined as follows—

• Step 1 Apply the rates specified in the second column of [F7 the appropriate table] below to the parts of the relevant consideration specified in the first column of [F8 the appropriate table].

  [F9 “The “appropriate table” is—

  (a) Table A, if the relevant land consists entirely of residential property, and

  (b) Table B, if the relevant land consists of or includes land that is not residential property.]

• Step 2 Add together the amounts calculated at Step 1 (if there are two or more such amounts).

  TABLE A: RESIDENTIAL

  Part of relevant consideration	Rate
  So much as does not exceed £125,000	0%
  So much as exceeds £125,000 but does not exceed £250,000	2%
  So much as exceeds £250,000 but does not exceed £925,000	5%
  So much as exceeds £925,000 but does not exceed £1,500,000	10%
  The remainder (if any)	12%

  [F10 Table B: Non-residential or mixed

  Relevant consideration	Percentage
  So much as does not exceed £150,000	0%
  So much as exceeds £150,000 but does not exceed £250,000	2%
  The remainder (if any)	5%]

(1C) If F11 ... the transaction is one of a number of linked transactions, the amount of tax chargeable in respect of the particular transaction under consideration is determined as follows—

• Step 1 Apply the rates specified in the second column of [F12 the appropriate table] in subsection (1B) to the parts of the relevant consideration specified in the first column of [F13 the appropriate table].

  [F14 “The “appropriate table” is—

  (a) Table A, if the relevant land consists entirely of residential property, and

  (b) Table B, if the relevant land consists of or includes land that is not residential property.]

• Step 2 Add together the amounts calculated at Step 1 (if there are two or more such amounts).

• Step 3 Multiply the amount given by Step 1 or Step 2, as the case may be, by—

  

  where—

  C is the chargeable consideration for the transaction, and

  R is the relevant consideration.]

F15 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) For the purposes of [F16 subsection (1B)] —

(a) the relevant land is the land an interest in which is the main subject-matter of the transaction, and

(b) the relevant consideration is the chargeable consideration for the transaction

F17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) [F18 For the purposes of] [F19 subsection (1C)] —

(a) the relevant land is any land an interest in which is the main subject-matter of any of [F20 the linked] transactions, and

(b) the relevant consideration is the total of the chargeable consideration for all those transactions.

[F21 (4A) Schedule 4ZA (higher rates for additional dwellings and dwellings purchased by companies) modifies this section as it applies for the purpose of determining the amount of tax chargeable in respect of certain transactions involving major interests in dwellings.]

(5) This section has effect subject to—

• section [F22 74(1B)] ([F23 exercise of collective rights by tenants of flats]), F24 ...

• F24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(which [F25 provides] for the [F26 amount] of tax to be determined by reference to a fraction of the relevant consideration).

(6) In the case of a transaction for which the whole or part of the chargeable consideration is rent this section has effect subject to section 56 and Schedule 5 (amount of tax chargeable: rent).

F27 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 55(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 35 para. 10 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 35 para. 2(2)

F2 Words in s. 55(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 2(2) of the amending Act) by Stamp Duty Land Tax Act 2015 (c. 1), s. 1(2) (with s. 2(3)-(6))

F3 Words in s. 55(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(2)

F4 S. 55(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 35 para. 10 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 35 para. 2(3)

F5 S. 55(1B)(1C) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 2(2) of the amending Act) by Stamp Duty Land Tax Act 2015 (c. 1), s. 1(3) (with s. 2(3)-(6))

F6 Words in s. 55(1B) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(3)(a)

F7 Words in s. 55(1B) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(3)(b)(i)

F8 Words in s. 55(1B) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(3)(b)(ii)

F9 Words in s. 55(1B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(3)(b)(iii)

F10 S. 55(1B) Table B inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(3)(c)

F11 Words in s. 55(1C) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(4)(a)

F12 Words in s. 55(1C) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(4)(b)(i)

F13 Words in s. 55(1C) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(4)(b)(ii)

F14 Words in s. 55(1C) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(4)(b)(iii)

F15 S. 55(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(5)

F16 Words in s. 55(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(6)(a)

F17 Words in s. 55(3)(b) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(6)(b)

F18 Words in s. 55(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 2(2) of the amending Act) by Stamp Duty Land Tax Act 2015 (c. 1), s. 1(6) (with s. 2(3)-(6))

F19 Words in s. 55(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(7)(a)

F20 Words in s. 55(4)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(12)(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 127(7)(b)

F21 S. 55(4A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 128(5)(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 128(2)

F22 Word in s. 55(5) substituted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 132(a)

F23 Words in s. 55(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 80(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 80(6)

F24 Words in s. 55(5) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 29(4) of the amending Act) by virtue of Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), s. 44(2)(b)(3)(b), Sch. 3 para. 5(a) (with s. 29(5)(6)); S.I. 2015/637, art. 2

F25 Word in s. 55(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 29(4) of the amending Act) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), s. 44(2)(b)(3)(b), Sch. 3 para. 5(b) (with s. 29(5)(6)); S.I. 2015/637, art. 2

F26 Word in s. 55(5) substituted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 132(b)

F27 S. 55(7) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 2(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Stamp Duty Land Tax Act 2015 (c. 1), s. 1(7) (with s. 2(3)-(6))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 S. 55(1B) modified (temp.) (22.7.2020) by Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020 (c. 15), s. 1 (as amended 10.6.2021) by 2021 c. 26, s. 87(2))

C8 S. 55(1B) modified (temp.) (8.2.2023) by Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2023 (c. 2), s. 1

C9 S. 55(4) excluded (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Zero-Carbon Homes Relief) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3437), regs. 1(1), 9 (with reg. 3)

Commencement Information

I1 Pt. 4 wholly in force at Royal Assent subject to Sch. 19, see s. 124, Sch. 19 para. 1(1)