Excise duties
Stamp duty land tax
The £175,000 higher threshold level of stamp duty for purchases of residential property will now remain in place until 31 December 2009. This was due to revert back to £125,000 from 3 September 2009. From 1 January 2010 the threshold for residential property in disadvantaged areas reverts back to £150,000.
Excise duties rise by 2 per cent with the resultant increase in retail prices:
Fuel duty
Fuel duty will increase by 2 pence per litre on 1 September 2009, and by 1 pence per litre in real terms each year from 2010 to 2013.
Tobacco and alcohol duties
| Tobacco products: from 6pm on 22 April 2009 |
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| Cigarettes |
7p for a packet of 20 |
| Cigars |
3p for a packet of 5 |
| Hand-rolling tobacco |
7p for 25g |
| Other smoking/chewing tobacco |
4p for 25g |
| Alcohol: from 23 April 2009 |
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| Beer |
1p a pint |
| Wine |
4p for a 75cl bottle |
| Sparkling wine |
5p a 75cl bottle |
| Spirits |
13p for a 70cl bottle |
| Spirits-based ready to drink |
1p for a 275 ml bottle |
| Cider and perry |
1p a litre |
