Profession
One in two legal practitioners now submits stamp duty land tax forms online, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) says. The percentage of solicitors and conveyancers submitting forms electronically has more than doubled in a year. In December 2006, 35,753 registered online—22% of all legal practitioners— but by December last year that number had increased to more than 65,000, up to 46%. A study into online filing, published this month on the HMRC website, confirms that solicitors and conveyancers feel the main benefit of online filing is that it makes “registration clear and easy”. For details of the online service see www.hmrc.gov.uk
