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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 2 Mar 2017

    House sellers 'should pay stamp duty'http://bbc.in/2lhlEDn 

    6:31 AM - 2 Mar 2017
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    34 replies 14 retweets 29 likes
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      2. Brian‏ @Watchnut 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        What would be the point of that, all the seller will do is put the price up to cover it !

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      2. Bret Xit  🇬🇧  👌‏ @Dan_GoWhistle 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        how about, stamp duty should be scrapped.

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
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      1. Steve Harley  😉‏ @KingTyDu 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews @BBCWorld

        Don't be ridiculous! If sellers were liable for the payment they would simply push the price up to cover the cost....

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      1. James Belton‏ @jamesbelton 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        how about scrapping or raising threshold up to the point where most 'ordinary' people won't pay it, as intended when introduced?

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      1. Rob Norris‏ @Rob_URL 2 Mar 2017
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        Clearly detached from real life! #clueless - Scrap stamp duty for 1st time buyers or create Gov owned housebuilder #TakeControl

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      1. NoArmsToSaudi‏ @KateAitken1 2 Mar 2017
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        the seller may already have to pay CGT, v unfair in itself. Adding stamp duty would be outrageous!

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      1. Mark‏ @Chestermamil 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews @BBCWorld

        why does stamp duty exist, what is it spent on? Why should we be taxed on something we own having paid tax via salary?

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      1. susan jayne willetts‏ @willettssue1 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        People will stop selling their houses!!! So how would that help with no housing stock available

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      1. HilsP‏ @HilsP 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews @BBCWorld

        So the elderly will have even less incentive to downsize and free up family housing. Brilliant!

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      2. Pat Sherwood‏ @pat_sherwood 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews @BBCWorld

        Just because they are sellers does not mean they are better off, how many foreign buyers will gain, we've paid our taxes

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      1. John Atkinson‏ @attyjaa 2 Mar 2017
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        scrap the tax altogether,being taxed for buying a house ffs!

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      1. Chris‏ @chrisfallis22 2 Mar 2017
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        Of course, screw them into the ground at every opportunity. Put road tax up by 500% too while they're at it #greedygits

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      1. infuchsia‏ @JohnNofuchsia 2 Mar 2017
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        Just how thick are they at @yorkshirebank to come up with an idea to put properties up further for 1st time buyers. Mad!

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      1. Bagpuss‏ @russhoc 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Hardly fair that existing owners would effectively be taxed twice

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      1. DoubleyouDotcom‏ @DoubleyouDotcom 2 Mar 2017
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        Should house sellers pay #stampduty ?

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      1. Stefano Guidicelli‏ @SGuidicelli89 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCNews @BBCWorld

        seller will increase price... buyer takes out larger mortgage, paying extra interest over 20+ years... YBS/Banks profit

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