41. He opposed the corn laws, alcohol, stamp duties , capital punishment, war and slavery. 42. There are also stamp duties on certain transactions, and property taxes ('rates'). 43. A power of attorney, whether special or general, is no longer subject to stamp duty . 44. NBFCs usually structure their deals as lease or hire purchase as stamp duties are lower in such cases. 45. On 24 March 2010, Chancellor Alistair Darling introduced two significant changes to UK Stamp Duty Land Tax. 46. The government is looking at raising the level of stamp duty from 0.5 to 1 per cent. 47. The new levy will put pressure on Sir Donald Tsang to cut stamp duty when he releases the budget. 48. Inflation was curbed mainly by the abolition of stamp duty on loans, lower mobile phone charges and prices. 49. Until 1793 stamp duty was always imposed as a fixed amount, regardless of the size of the transaction. 50. Stamp duty on repurchases of shares with a value of less than ?000 was abolished from 13 March 2008.
