As was first thought, the effect of this year’s Budget has been to abolish the need to use the Form SDLT 60 self-certificate for the registration of non-notifiable land transactions.The Budget of 2008 introduced a number of changes, effective from 12th March, which intended to reduce the administrative burden relating to SDLT. These included changes to the notification threshold, and the effective abolition of the Form SDLT 60 self-certificate. Now, in response to these changes, H.M. Land Registry has altered its registration practice.
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