16 July 2014 - The Double Stamp Duty has been approved by Legco, 17 months after being proposed. The additional stamp duties will be retroactively applied. These have been collected since February of last year and will now be transferred to the government. The measure was introduced as an attempt to cool Hong Kong's property market. For the full article on SCMP, click here.
Double Stamp Duty approved by Legco
Posted: Jul 16 2014Last Updated: May 15 2025
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