Land Transaction Tax statistics for higher rate refunds, by effective date

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Standard shorthand is used in this table: [c] = confidential information, [r] = revised.

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Data valuesData descriptionPeriod
270 [r]Number of transactions2025-26
20 [r]Number of transactionsQ3 2025-26
[c]Number of transactionsNovember 2025-26
10 [r]Number of transactionsOctober 2025-26
90 [r]Number of transactionsQ2 2025-26
10 [r]Number of transactionsSeptember 2025-26
40 [r]Number of transactionsAugust 2025-26
40 [r]Number of transactionsJuly 2025-26
60 [r]Number of transactionsJune 2025-26
160 [r]Number of transactionsQ1 2025-26
60 [r]Number of transactionsMay 2025-26
50 [r]Number of transactionsApril 2025-26
1,150 [r]Number of transactions2024-25
70 [r]Number of transactionsMarch 2024-25
190 [r]Number of transactionsQ4 2024-25
70 [r]Number of transactionsFebruary 2024-25
60 [r]Number of transactionsJanuary 2024-25
90 [r]Number of transactionsDecember 2024-25
330 [r]Number of transactionsQ3 2024-25
110 [r]Number of transactionsNovember 2024-25
130 [r]Number of transactionsOctober 2024-25
100 [r]Number of transactionsSeptember 2024-25
330 [r]Number of transactionsQ2 2024-25
120 [r]Number of transactionsAugust 2024-25
110 [r]Number of transactionsJuly 2024-25
100 [r]Number of transactionsJune 2024-25
310 [r]Number of transactionsQ1 2024-25
100 [r]Number of transactionsMay 2024-25
110 [r]Number of transactionsApril 2024-25
1,350 [r]Number of transactions2023-24
100 [r]Number of transactionsMarch 2023-24
290 [r]Number of transactionsQ4 2023-24
90 [r]Number of transactionsFebruary 2023-24
90 [r]Number of transactionsJanuary 2023-24
120 [r]Number of transactionsDecember 2023-24
360 [r]Number of transactionsQ3 2023-24
120 [r]Number of transactionsNovember 2023-24
120 [r]Number of transactionsOctober 2023-24
120 [r]Number of transactionsSeptember 2023-24
380 [r]Number of transactionsQ2 2023-24
130 [r]Number of transactionsAugust 2023-24
120 [r]Number of transactionsJuly 2023-24
120 [r]Number of transactionsJune 2023-24
320 [r]Number of transactionsQ1 2023-24
110 [r]Number of transactionsMay 2023-24
100 [r]Number of transactionsApril 2023-24
130 [r]Number of transactionsMarch 2022-23
310 [r]Number of transactionsQ4 2022-23
1,490 [r]Number of transactions2022-23
80 [r]Number of transactionsFebruary 2022-23
90 [r]Number of transactionsJanuary 2022-23
410 [r]Number of transactionsQ3 2022-23
150 [r]Number of transactionsDecember 2022-23
130 [r]Number of transactionsNovember 2022-23
130 [r]Number of transactionsOctober 2022-23
390 [r]Number of transactionsQ2 2022-23
140 [r]Number of transactionsSeptember 2022-23
130 [r]Number of transactionsAugust 2022-23
120 [r]Number of transactionsJuly 2022-23
380 [r]Number of transactionsQ1 2022-23
110 [r]Number of transactionsJune 2022-23
150 [r]Number of transactionsMay 2022-23
130 [r]Number of transactionsApril 2022-23
1,760 [r]Number of transactions2021-22
340 [r]Number of transactionsQ4 2021-22
130 [r]Number of transactionsMarch 2021-22
120 [r]Number of transactionsFebruary 2021-22
90 [r]Number of transactionsJanuary 2021-22
480 [r]Number of transactionsQ3 2021-22
150 [r]Number of transactionsDecember 2021-22
170 [r]Number of transactionsNovember 2021-22
160 [r]Number of transactionsOctober 2021-22
130 [r]Number of transactionsSeptember 2021-22
410 [r]Number of transactionsQ2 2021-22
150 [r]Number of transactionsAugust 2021-22
130 [r]Number of transactionsJuly 2021-22
220 [r]Number of transactionsJune 2021-22
540 [r]Number of transactionsQ1 2021-22
160 [r]Number of transactionsMay 2021-22
160 [r]Number of transactionsApril 2021-22
510 [r]Number of transactionsQ4 2020-21
230 [r]Number of transactionsMarch 2020-21
1,790 [r]Number of transactions2020-21
150 [r]Number of transactionsFebruary 2020-21
130 [r]Number of transactionsJanuary 2020-21
680 [r]Number of transactionsQ3 2020-21
250 [r]Number of transactionsDecember 2020-21
190 [r]Number of transactionsNovember 2020-21
240 [r]Number of transactionsOctober 2020-21
150 [r]Number of transactionsSeptember 2020-21
400 [r]Number of transactionsQ2 2020-21
140 [r]Number of transactionsAugust 2020-21
110 [r]Number of transactionsJuly 2020-21
90 [r]Number of transactionsJune 2020-21
200 [r]Number of transactionsQ1 2020-21
60 [r]Number of transactionsMay 2020-21
50 [r]Number of transactionsApril 2020-21
2,000 [r]Number of transactions2019-20
130 [r]Number of transactionsMarch 2019-20
420 [r]Number of transactionsQ4 2019-20
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Next update expected:29 January 2026

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19th December 2025

New monthly data

21st November 2025
30th October 2025
29th September 2025
29th September 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Welsh Revenue Authority
Data source
Land transaction tax returns

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

From 1 April 2018, LTT replaced Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on residential and non-residential property and land interests purchased in Wales. The tax rates and tax bands for LTT vary depending on the type of transaction.

Taxpayers must notify the WRA of all land transactions with a value above £40,000. There are also circumstances where certain lease transactions are not notifiable if they are less than 7 years in duration. When filing an LTT return, the organisation paying the return has 30 days after the effective date to submit and pay the return.

This dataset includes estimates of LTT notifiable transactions received by the WRA by the close of the third Monday of the publication month.

The dataset focuses on residential transactions subject to a higher rate refund and includes the number of transactions subject to a refund, and the aggregate value of those refunds, broken down by:

  • effective quarter and year of the original transaction. Where part quarters and years are shown, these are marked with the suffix "to date."

When a refund for higher rates residential transaction is claimed, the original transaction is amended to a main rate residential transaction. Note the number and value of refunds presented for later effective dates is lower than that for earlier periods. This is because compared with earlier periods, insufficient time has passed since the transaction was effective for many of the relevant taxpayers to sell their previous main residence and claim their refund.

Data on the time taken to claim refunds can be found in the alternative dataset which compares the quarter of the original transaction with the quarter in which the refund is approved by the Welsh Revenue Authority.

Data collection or calculation

These statistics are aggregated from the individual records for higher rate refunds, which are then broken down into different dimensions.

Statistical quality

See weblinks.

Land Transaction Tax statistics are regularly revised and the values for the latest period are provisional. When filing a LTT return, the organisation paying the return has 30 days after the ‘effective date’ to submit and pay the return. The effective date is when the tax becomes liable to be paid, usually when a transaction is completed on a property. Additional LTT transactions relating to the most recent month are therefore likely to be filed during the following month. See weblinks for analysis of these revisions.

Values for earlier periods are subject to revisions for several years. Transactions can be amended for a variety of reasons and the statistics are revised each month to reflect amendments to transactions. In particular, this will be due to higher rate refunds. When a refund for higher rates residential LTT is claimed, the original transaction is amended to a main rate residential LTT transaction. The taxpayer has up to three years to sell their previous main residence and claim a refund.

Care should be taken with any comparisons over time which involve data from spring 2020 to summer 2021. This is due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and changes to LTT rates. A national lockdown on 23 March 2020 resulted in the housing market being mainly closed from this date until 22 June 2020 when it partially re-opened. The market was re-opened more fully on 27 July, to coincide with a change in LTT rates effective until 30 June 2021. There is evidence some purchasers may have brought their transactions forward to June 2021 to benefit from the temporary tax reduction.

There were some changes to LTT rates effective from 22 December 2020. Non-residential transactions and higher rates residential transactions were affected.

The main residential rates and bands changed from 10 October 2022.

The higher residential rates changed for all bands from 11 December 2024.

Information on all these changes to LTT rates can be read at:

Changes to Land Transaction Tax nil rate threshold

Land Transaction Tax – extension of the temporary tax reduction period

Changes to the rates and bands of Land Transaction Tax

Changes to main residential rates and bands for Land Transaction Tax

Changes to higher residential rates for Land Transaction Tax

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Welsh Revenue Authority
Contact email
data@wra.gov.wales

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