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The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000.<\/p>

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Before Budget 2012, an assessment of the average annual payment required from each property above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum was not made.<\/p>

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On 1 July 2013, during Report stage of the Finance Bill, I referred to \u201ca simple calculation arrived at by dividing £2 billion by 55,000 (an internal HMRC estimate of the number of properties valued at over £2 million) to give a \u2018mean' average of £36,000.\u201d<\/p>

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A so-called mansion tax would depress stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax yields. The exact impact would be dependent on the rates and bands chosen.<\/p>

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