Mike Boutell, Solicitor, CMS Cameron McKenna, reviews Tolley's Stamp Duty Land Tax conference which took place at the Berner's Hotel, London on 4 October 2004
Gordon Keenay, Deputy Head of KPMG's Stamp Taxes Group, gives a personal reaction to the latest developments in policy-making based on his experience in both public and private sectors
Mark Prisk MP outlines the Conservative agenda for tax and asks for readers' comments
Chris Reece hails a highly successful conference held by the Institute of Indirect Taxation
Patrick Cannon, barrister at 24 Old Buildings, introduces this special SDLT edition for 2004
Simon Swann, solicitor at Ashurst, reviews some of the changes made to the SDLT regime in 2004 in an attempt to curb avoidance
Reg Nock, Barrister at 24 Old Buildings, looks at the consequencies for charities of the very few real exemptions from SDLT
Gordon Keenay, Deputy Head of KPMG's Stamp Taxes Group, steers a course through the intricacies of the SDLT charging provisions
Steven McGrady, Partner KPMG's Stamp Taxes Group, considers the issues facing the stamp taxes planner
Sharron Carle, Senior Manager at Premier Strategies Ltd and Head of Stamp Taxes at Tenon Group plc, offers further insight into the new SDLT provisions applying to partnership transactions