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Excise duties
Stamp duty land tax
The £175,000 higher threshold level of stamp duty for purchases of residential property will now remain in place until 31 December 2009. This was due to revert back to £125,000 from 3 September 2009. From 1 January 2010 the threshold for residential property in disadvantaged areas reverts back to £150,000.
Excise duties rise by 2 per cent with the resultant increase in retail prices:
Fuel duty
Fuel duty will increase by 2 pence per litre on 1 September 2009, and by 1 pence per litre in real terms each year from 2010 to 2013.
Tobacco and alcohol duties
| Tobacco products: from 6pm on 22 April 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Cigarettes | 7p for a packet of 20 |
| Cigars | 3p for a packet of 5 |
| Hand-rolling tobacco | 7p for 25g |
| Other smoking/chewing tobacco | 4p for 25g |
| Alcohol: from 23 April 2009 | |
| Beer | 1p a pint |
| Wine | 4p for a 75cl bottle |
| Sparkling wine | 5p a 75cl bottle |
| Spirits | 13p for a 70cl bottle |
| Spirits-based ready to drink | 1p for a 275 ml bottle |
| Cider and perry | 1p a litre |