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Review of making markets work for the poor: Evaluation methods and approaches. Working paper 41.

• Updated: 11 November 2013

How and when you'll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty when you buy shares electronically or using a stock transfer form

• Overview

  When you buy shares, you usually pay a tax or duty of 0.5% on the…

• Buying shares electronically

  You’ll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) if you buy shares electronically…

• Buying shares using a stock transfer form

  You must pay Stamp Duty on your shares if: you buy shares through a stock…

• Special share arrangements

  You pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty at 1.5% if you…

In a field experiment in Kenya, we show that credit market imperfections limit farmers’ abilities to move grain intertemporally

• Updated: 1 March 2021

Statistics on the number of applications and payments made under the Forces Help to Buy (FHTB) scheme since its launch in April 2014.

• Updated: 23 June 2016

• Updated: 6 June 2014

We help people, businesses and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. CMA is a non-ministerial department.

• Updated: 12 March 2025

How to register your medical devices with the MHRA for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 13 March 2025

VAT treatment of transactions in commodities, commodity derivatives and on terminal markets.

• Updated: 18 October 2011

How the First Homes scheme works, who is eligible, how to apply and the rules for managing a First Homes property after you buy one.

Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.