My Stamp Duty Fee

[Tombron]

I have a slight anomaly I hope I can get advice on.

I recently purchased a house near Oxford for £480k

We exchanged on Nov 20th and completed on Dec 18th

New budget effective from Nov 22th - where does this leave me in terms of taxation?

I have paid higher rather pre budget but is there a case for my purchase to fall under post budget rules (would save me £6k I think)

Thanks

[someone]

I have no idea what change you are referring to but, from memory of previous changes, where exchange and completion crossed a date like this, the taxpayer got to choose the most favourable one.

That's no guarantee that it's the case this time though.

[SDLT Geek]

Are you thinking of first time buyers' relief from stamp duty land tax? If applicable that would save £5,000.