Treasury makes £1.5bn from pandemic stock market frenzy Treasury makes £1.5bn from pandemic stock market frenzy Next year, the Treasury is expected to make £1.5bn from stamp duty taxes on shares, as a result of the pandemic stock market frenzy, which saw many first-time investors put money into the market, the Evening Standard reported. While this year duty taxes on shares were £800m higher than £3.4bn that was initially forecast by [...]