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Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts by year

Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts (England and Northern Ireland since April 2015, when Scotland and then Wales in 2018 set up their own land transaction taxes).

Receipts, 2025 to 2026
£15.2 billion
HMRC
Share of HMRC receipts
1.6%
2025 to 2026

HMRC records Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts of £15.2 billion in 2025 to 2026, 1.6% of all HMRC receipts that year. That compares with £13.9 billion in 2024 to 2025, a change of +9.2% in cash terms. The highest year in HMRC's table is 2022 to 2023, at £15.4 billion. Its share of total HMRC receipts ranged from 1.1% (2008 to 2009) to 2.3% (2006 to 2007). HMRC's latest count is 1,162,000 for 2024-25 (number of Stamp Duty Land Tax transactions).

£15.4 billion£4.8 billion 2006 to 20072025 to 2026
Every value in the official series, 2006 to 2007 to 2025 to 2026.

Receipts by year

Tax yearReceiptsChange on previous yearShare of HMRC receipts
2025 to 2026£15.2 billion+9.2%1.62%
2024 to 2025£13.9 billion+19.5%1.62%
2023 to 2024£11.6 billion-24.4%1.40%
2022 to 2023£15.4 billion+8.9%1.95%
2021 to 2022£14.1 billion+62.6%1.97%
2020 to 2021£8.7 billion-25.3%1.48%
2019 to 2020£11.6 billion-2.9%1.83%
2018 to 2019£11.9 billion-7.5%1.92%
2017 to 2018£12.9 billion+9.7%2.18%
2016 to 2017£11.8 billion+10.1%2.07%
2015 to 2016£10.7 billion-0.5%2.01%
2014 to 2015£10.7 billion+15.8%2.09%
2013 to 2014£9.3 billion+34.3%1.88%
2012 to 2013£6.9 billion+12.8%1.46%
2011 to 2012£6.1 billion+2.8%1.30%
2010 to 2011£6.0 billion+22.0%1.31%
2009 to 2010£4.9 billion+1.9%1.18%
2008 to 2009£4.8 billion-51.8%1.08%
2007 to 2008£10.0 billion+3.4%2.18%
2006 to 2007£9.6 billion2.25%

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Number of Stamp Duty Land Tax transactions

Number of Stamp Duty Land Tax transactions (residential and non-residential). Transactions, not taxpayers: HMRC counts each land transaction notified, including those that paid no tax. Source: HMRC stamp taxes.

YearNumber
2024-251,162,000
2023-24977,000
2022-231,173,000
2021-221,320,000
2020-211,115,000
2019-201,129,000
2018-191,151,000
2017-181,227,000
2016-171,215,000
2015-161,298,000
2014-151,323,000
2013-141,239,000
2012-131,027,000
2011-121,016,000
2010-11981,000
2009-10991,000
2008-09925,000
2007-081,674,000
2006-071,837,000

Sources and receipts