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This page should not be speedily deleted because it relates to [slab tax] impacts and will be expanded. Data is referenced and accurate. --Tomintoul (talk) 09:41, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's not just a matter of whether the topic is important or not: the article simply lacks a clear introductory paragraph, and it's also not clear if you're presenting published ideas, or are arranging data to present your own personal conclusion. I'd suggest reading WP:Tutorial to make sure you're comfortable with the basic concepts. As the article stands at the moment it's not quite an "article" yet. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:31, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious table

Why are example house prices set at 125001, 250001, &c? It appears that these prices have been chosen solely to reach the next rung on the stamp-duty ladder, so they give a distorted view of costs relative to actual house prices. To avoid cherrypicking numbers, a graph might be better (perhaps with house price along the horizontal axis and component costs shown as coloured bands). bobrayner (talk) 09:03, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The numbers have indeed been deliberately chosen to illustrate the distorting 'Slab Tax' nature of SDLT i.e. there are artificial jumps at certain points. I agree a graph would be better as it would make the point even more clearly.Tomintoul (talk) 14:30, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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	Why are example house prices set at 125001, 250001, &c? It appears that these prices have been chosen solely to reach the next rung on the stamp-duty ladder, so they give a distorted view of costs relative to ''actual'' house prices. To avoid cherrypicking numbers, a graph might be better (perhaps with house price along the horizontal axis and component costs shown as coloured bands). [[User:Bobrayner\|bobrayner]] ([[User talk:Bobrayner\|talk]]) 09:03, 18 September 2012 (UTC)		Why are example house prices set at 125001, 250001, &c? It appears that these prices have been chosen solely to reach the next rung on the stamp-duty ladder, so they give a distorted view of costs relative to ''actual'' house prices. To avoid cherrypicking numbers, a graph might be better (perhaps with house price along the horizontal axis and component costs shown as coloured bands). [[User:Bobrayner\|bobrayner]] ([[User talk:Bobrayner\|talk]]) 09:03, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


			The numbers have indeed been deliberately chosen to illustrate the distorting 'Slab Tax' nature of SDLT i.e. there are artificial jumps at certain points. I agree a graph would be better as it would make the point even more clearly.[[User:Tomintoul\|Tomintoul]] ([[User talk:Tomintoul\|talk]]) 14:30, 18 September 2012 (UTC)