CQS Stamp Duty Land Tax Policy
CQS Stamp Duty Land Tax Policy: Guidance & Updates-
HMRC Tax Adviser Registration: Has Your Conveyancing Firm Actually Been Registered?
HMRC tax adviser registration needs more than an assumption that the process has been completed. For a conveyancing firm, uncertainty about registration can become an operational problem when staff need to deal with HMRC on a client’s behalf. An experience described at the Law Society’s October 2026 property conference illustrates the concern. A conveyancing solicitor…
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Stamp Duty Land Tax Policy: What CQS Firms Should Update in 2026
A Stamp Duty Land Tax policy should explain how your firm reaches a calculation, checks it and records the advice given to the client. The 2026 updates to Lexsure’s policy wording strengthen that process, with greater emphasis on professional review, pre-exchange evidence and escalation of unusual arrangements. For CQS firms, the practical question is whether…