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Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
Guidance for employers on the main tax issues regarding employees leaving the company or selling shares to their employer.
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of business premises once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
This publication details when a company is relieved from SD on purchase of own shares and how to claim repayment of that already paid.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Use this form to give notice of a purchase by a limited company of its own shares.
Check if you have to pay the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) surcharge from 1 April 2021 for buyers of residential property in England and Northern Ireland who are not resident in the UK.
How to buy intellectual property that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Check if you have to pay the higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a residential property in England or Northern Ireland.
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
Information about our purchase ledger spending 2023.
Information about our purchase ledger spending 2024.
Information about Companies House spending.
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
Information about our purchase ledger spending 2022.
How to reclaim VAT you've paid in an EU country if you’re registered for VAT in the UK.
Information about our purchase ledger spending 2017.
Information about our purchase ledger spending 2020.
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