# Stamp duty on buying a business: UK Business Purchase Taxes

> The UK Business Purchase Taxes carries 9 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 40,000 to 1,000,000 GBP, read 28 October 2026.

Cost to Buy a Business · https://costtobuyabusiness.co.uk/datasets/uk-business-purchase-taxes/ · computed 2026-10-29

**Range of the published figures:** 40,000 to 1,000,000 GBP (range 100,000 to 250,000 GBP; 3 published figures; 5 of 3 sources read publish one).

5 of the 3 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 28 October 2026.

## By nation

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| nation Wales | 250,000 GBP | 250,000 to 250,000 GBP | 1 |
| nation England | 200,000 GBP | 200,000 to 200,000 GBP | 1 |
| nation England | 2 % | 2 to 2 % | 1 |
| nation UK | 100,000 GBP | 100,000 to 100,000 GBP | 1 |
| nation UK | 30 day | 30 to 30 day | 1 |
| nation UK | 0.5 % | 0.5 to 0.5 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Land Transaction Tax rates and bands](https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands) | 1,000,000 GBP | Wales | 2026-10-23 |
| [Land Transaction Tax rates and bands](https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands) | 250,000 GBP | Wales | 2026-10-23 |
| [Stamp Duty Land Tax: Rates for non-residential and mixed land and property](https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/nonresidential-and-mixed-rates) | 250,000 GBP | England | 2026-10-28 |
| [Land Transaction Tax rates and bands](https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands) | 225,000 GBP | Wales | 2026-10-23 |
| [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) | 160,000 GBP | UK | 2026-10-28 |
| [Stamp Duty Land Tax: Rates for non-residential and mixed land and property](https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/nonresidential-and-mixed-rates) | 150,000 GBP | England | 2026-10-28 |
| [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) | 120,000 GBP | UK | 2026-10-28 |
| [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) | 80,000 GBP | UK | 2026-10-28 |
| [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) | 40,000 GBP | UK | 2026-10-28 |
| [Tax when you buy shares: Buying shares using a stock transfer form](https://www.gov.uk/tax-buy-shares/use-a-stock-transfer-form) | 30 day | UK | 2026-10-28 |
| [Stamp Duty Land Tax: Rates for non-residential and mixed land and property](https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/nonresidential-and-mixed-rates) | 2 % | England | 2026-10-28 |
| [STSM021010 - Scope of stamp duty on shares: stamp duty: basics of a charge: overview - HMR](https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/stamp-taxes-shares-manual/stsm021010) | 0.5 % | UK | 2026-10-28 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (12)

- [Land Transaction Tax rates and bands](https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands), read 2026-10-23: "Transactions with an effective date on or after 22 December 2020 Price threshold LTT rate The portion up to and including £225,000 0% The portion over £225,000 up to and including £250,000 1% The portion over £250,000 up to and including £1,000,000 5% The portion over £1,000,000 6% Transactions with an effective date between 1 April 2018 and 21 December 2020 Price threshold LTT rate"
- [Land Transaction Tax rates and bands](https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands), read 2026-10-23: "Transactions with an effective date on or after 22 December 2020 Price threshold LTT rate The portion up to and including £225,000 0% The portion over £225,000 up to and including £250,000 1% The portion over £250,000 up to and including £1,000,000 5% The portion over £1,000,000 6% Transactions with an effective date between 1 April 2018 and 21 December 2020"
- [Stamp Duty Land Tax: Rates for non-residential and mixed land and property](https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/nonresidential-and-mixed-rates), read 2026-10-28: "Property or lease premium or transfer value SDLT rate Up to £150,000 Zero The next £100,000 (the portion from £150,001 to £250,000) 2% The remaining amount (the portion above £250,000) 5% If you buy a freehold commercial property for £275,000, the SDLT you owe is calculated as follows: 0% on the first £150,000 = £0"
- [Land Transaction Tax rates and bands](https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands), read 2026-10-23: "Transactions with an effective date on or after 22 December 2020 Price threshold LTT rate The portion up to and including £225,000 0% The portion over £225,000 up to and including £250,000 1% The portion over £250,000 up to and including £1,000,000 5% The portion over £1,000,000 6%"
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: "£160,000 Value of the UK turnover of the enterprises being acquired exceeds £120 million"
- [Stamp Duty Land Tax: Rates for non-residential and mixed land and property](https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/nonresidential-and-mixed-rates), read 2026-10-28: "Property or lease premium or transfer value SDLT rate Up to £150,000 Zero"
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: "£120,000 Value of the UK turnover of the enterprises being acquired exceeds £70 million, but does not exceed £120 million"
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: "£80,000 Value of the UK turnover of the enterprises being acquired is over £20 million but not over £70 million"
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: "£40,000 Value of the UK turnover of the enterprises being acquired is £20 million or less"
- [Tax when you buy shares: Buying shares using a stock transfer form](https://www.gov.uk/tax-buy-shares/use-a-stock-transfer-form), read 2026-10-28: "You must also pay the Stamp Duty within 30 days of the stock transfer form being signed and dated."
- [Stamp Duty Land Tax: Rates for non-residential and mixed land and property](https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/nonresidential-and-mixed-rates), read 2026-10-28: "operty or lease premium or transfer value SDLT rate Up to £150,000 Zero The next £100,000 (the portion from £150,001 to £250,000) 2% The remaining amount (the portion above £250,000) 5% If you buy a freehold commercial property for £275,000, the SDLT you owe is calculated as follows: 0% on the first £150,000 = £0 2% on the next £100,000 = £2,000 5% on the final £25,000 = £1,250 Total SDLT = £3,250"
- [STSM021010 - Scope of stamp duty on shares: stamp duty: basics of a charge: overview - HMR](https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/stamp-taxes-shares-manual/stsm021010), read 2026-10-28: "The most common of these is the Stock Transfer Form (STF), but any instrument that completes an agreement to buy and sell stock or marketable securities falls within the principal 0.5% Stamp Duty charge (see STSM013010)."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Transfer a business as a going concern (VAT Notice 700/9)](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transfer-a-business-as-a-going-concern-and-vat-notice-7009), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [About our services - Companies House](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house/about-our-services), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 5 of the 3 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 2 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 8 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 121 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): each rate applied to a worked purchase: 0.5% on shares over £1,000 rounded up to £5; the non-residential SDLT, LTT bands on the property element; TOGC conditions under which no VAT is charged; each with its authority page

## Sources

- [Tax when you buy shares: Buying shares using a stock transfer form](https://www.gov.uk/tax-buy-shares/use-a-stock-transfer-form) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Tax when you buy shares: Overview](https://www.gov.uk/tax-buy-shares) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [STSM021010 - Scope of stamp duty on shares: stamp duty: basics of a charge: overview - HMR](https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/stamp-taxes-shares-manual/stsm021010) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Stamp Duty Land Tax: Rates for non-residential and mixed land and property](https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/nonresidential-and-mixed-rates) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Land Transaction Tax rates and bands](https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Transfer a business as a going concern (VAT Notice 700/9)](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transfer-a-business-as-a-going-concern-and-vat-notice-7009) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Companies House fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/companies-house-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [About our services - Companies House](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house/about-our-services) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Business transfers, takeovers and TUPE: Overview](https://www.gov.uk/transfers-takeovers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Business Asset Disposal Relief: Eligibility](https://www.gov.uk/business-asset-disposal-relief) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The UK Business Purchase Taxes carries 9 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 40,000 to 1,000,000 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
- 5 of the 3 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Business Purchase Taxes, nation Wales: median 250,000 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Business Purchase Taxes, nation England: median 200,000 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Business Purchase Taxes, nation England: median 2 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Business Purchase Taxes, nation UK: median 100,000 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Business Purchase Taxes, nation UK: median 30 day across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Business Purchase Taxes, nation UK: median 0.50 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.

Cite as: "costtobuyabusiness.co.uk UK Business Purchase Taxes", updated 2026-10-29, https://costtobuyabusiness.co.uk/datasets/uk-business-purchase-taxes/.

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