HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is seeking comments on its draft legislation: the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
The consultation closes on Monday 23 November 2020.
You can email your comments to property@lawsociety.org.uk with subject line “SDLT return consultation” by Friday 6 November so that we can consider them for our response.
You can also respond directly by emailing stamptaxes.budgetfinancebill@hmrc.gov.uk.
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