Will there really be a new property tax - and how would it work?

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We’re still a couple of months away from the Autumn Budget, but already the rumour mill is in overdrive.

But while pensions, inheritance and even cash Isas have taken the spotlight in the past year, this week, a new tax target has emerged... property.

This week, Helen Crane, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost look at the wild ideas being bandied about when it comes to reform on how we pay tax on homes.

The Treasury shut down the idea of a ‘seller tax’ on homes above £500,000, but other plans appear to be on the table.

This includes an annual property tax to replace stamp duty, replacing council tax with an annual local tax based on property values and a potential ‘mansion tax’ – AKA, levying a capital gains tax bill on properties sold over a certain value.

Elsewhere, we warn over the rise of a sophisticated deepfake scam involving well known investment gurus – and how people were ensnared into a pump and dump ruse.

We investigate the airport currency rip-off. Sure, most of us know we’ll get a poorer rate by leaving it until the last minute, but did you know the sneaky tricks being used?

And sticking with the holiday theme, Lee transports you to the brocantes of France… and talks through the stats that show we have no idea how to tip abroad.

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Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane

Producer: Georgie Frost

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0:00.0	Welcome to This Is Money podcast sponsored by Charles Stanley Direct. I'm Georgie Forrest and joining me and Lee Boyce today is Helen Crane.
0:10.9	And coming up, could you be charged for making a profit when you come to sell your home?
0:16.2	A host of new proposals are reportedly being looked at by the Chancellor as Labour looks to fill its big
0:21.5	fiscal black hole. What will it mean, though, for you and your budget? Meanwhile, we look at the latest
0:26.9	house price figures, which don't make for pretty reading, especially if you live in the North East.
0:32.0	Also today, what is a pump and dump shares scam? And how can you spot a deep fake?
0:37.8	Plus, heading off on holiday, the team has been investigating the great currency exchange rip-off,
0:43.5	will tell you how to spot a French flea market bargain that could pay for your holiday,
0:48.8	and we explore the etiquette of tipping wherever you are in the world.
0:52.8	Don't forget you to stay up to date with all the latest breaking money news,
0:55.3	just go to this ismoney.co.uk or download the app.
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1:31.2	Investment involves risk. But first, now I got a phone call, Lee and Helen, yesterday from my
1:38.3	dear mother. She's a woman in her 70s, not in the greatest of health. She lives alone in our big old family home in Surrey,
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