Rejected petition Extend Land Transaction Tax a further 6 months past 31st March and increase the threshold to £350k

House sales are a proven method of securing stability within the financial markets and an increase of 6 months on the current guidelines would secure long term stability. In addition in line with Help to buy Schemes the value should be increased from the current £250k threshold to £350k threshold.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.

The Petitions Committee has recently considered a petition on this issue: https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244265

Details of the Committee’s previous consideration of this issue can be found here: https://business.senedd.wales/ieIssueDetails.aspx?IId=30216&Opt=3

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