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Stamp duty on Issuance of shares in Delhi – Latest Provisions

Corporate Law : Delhi's 2025 circular mandates a 0.1% stamp duty rate on share issuance (physical/demat), overriding central 0.005% for demat, res...

October 6, 2025 3180 Views 0 comment Print

Stamp Duty Rates and Payment on Issue and Transfer of Shares in Maharashtra

Company Law : Understand stamp duty on Maharashtra shares (physical/demat). Covers applicable acts, rates for issue/transfer, and payment method...

May 13, 2025 57429 Views 2 comments Print

Stamp Duty Rates in Gujarat: The 2025 Amendment Impact

Corporate Law : This article explores the key amendments to stamp duty rates by Gujarat Stamp (Amendment) Act of 2025, providing a clear overview ...

April 6, 2025 16059 Views 1 comment Print

Stamp Duty on Issuance of Share Certificate In Delhi (Physical/ Demat)

Company Law : Understand stamp duty on share certificates in Delhi for physical and demat shares. Learn rates, payment procedures, and legal com...

April 2, 2025 14085 Views 0 comment Print

Stamp Duty and Mergers and Amalgamations: An Overview

Corporate Law : Learn about the stamp duty applicable to mergers, amalgamations, and transfers of immovable property under the Indian Stamp Act 18...

December 28, 2024 19905 Views 1 comment Print


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Stamp Duty Rate Changes in Maharashtra from 14.10.2024

Corporate Law : Maharashtra's new ordinance raises stamp duties, setting minimum rates at Rs 500 and increasing charges on key documents like Arti...

October 14, 2024 40521 Views 0 comment Print

Extend time limit for registering property documents in Maharashtra

Corporate Law : Yourself was kind enough in giving concessions up to 30.04.2021, for registration of docs, on which stamp duty is paid on or befor...

April 26, 2021 2757 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra budget 2021- Concession in Stamp Duty to Women

Goods and Services Tax : Concession in Stamp Duty by 1 percent over the prevailing rate exclusively to Women, provided the transfer of house property or re...

March 11, 2021 2790 Views 0 comment Print

Stamp duty Act Amendments & FY Year Extension Rumor

Corporate Law : Government broadens pertinence of stamp duty by 3 months from 1st April 2020 to 1st July 2020 The administration has not broadened...

April 2, 2020 723 Views 0 comment Print

E-stamping the easy and cost-effective way to pay stamp duty

Finance : Paying stamp duty while purchasing or transferring a property is often a long-drawn process. You need to go to the registrar's off...

October 7, 2010 3370 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Ahmedabad Deletes Sec 69 Additions; NRI Property, Cash & Stamp Duty Explained with Bank Evidence After DRP Relief

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that property payments were properly explained with bank records and affidavits. Additions under Section 69 fo...

February 24, 2026 261 Views 0 comment Print

Allotment Letter Treated as Agreement to Sell – Stamp Value on Booking Date to Apply U/s 56(2)(x)

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held allotment letter is an agreement to sell; stamp duty value on booking/allotment date applies u/s 56(2)(x) where p...

February 21, 2026 603 Views 0 comment Print

Allotment Date Stamp Value Applies u/s 56(2)(x), Not Registration Value Where Prior Cheque Payment Made – ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held stamp duty value on allotment date applies u/s 56(2)(x) where full payment was made by cheque before agreement, n...

February 21, 2026 420 Views 0 comment Print

Stamp Duty Value Addition on Property Set Aside for Natural Justice Breach

Income Tax : The Tribunal found that the appellate order was passed ex parte without a reasoned decision. The case was remanded for fresh adjud...

February 2, 2026 273 Views 0 comment Print

Addition under Section 56(2)(vii)(b) Deleted; Stamp Duty Difference within 10% Tolerance

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that nominal differences between declared consideration and stamp duty valuation do not trigger tax. Tolerance ...

February 2, 2026 426 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Stamp Duty Rate Changes in Maharashtra from 14.10.2024

Corporate Law : Maharashtra's new ordinance raises stamp duties, setting minimum rates at Rs 500 and increasing charges on key documents like Arti...

October 14, 2024 40521 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Stamp Duty Amnesty Scheme-2023

Corporate Law : Introduction: The Revenue and Forests Department of Maharashtra has introduced the Maharashtra Stamp Duty Amnesty Scheme-2023 to r...

December 7, 2023 20955 Views 1 comment Print

Amendment in Scheme of Exemption & reimbursement of Stamp Duty

Corporate Law : The enterprises making new investment or investment for expansion under the scheme, as the case may be, for reimbursement of 25% o...

May 12, 2022 9117 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Govt extends relaxation of 20% in minimum Circle rates till 30.06.2022

Corporate Law : Delhi Govt notifies the extension of relaxation of 20% in the minimum rates (Circle rates) till 30.06.2022 for valuation of lands ...

December 30, 2021 8559 Views 0 comment Print

1% lesser stamp duty for property purchased by Women in Maharashtra

Corporate Law : Government of Maharashtra reduces the stamp duty by 1% on Agreement to Sell / Conveyance of residential property executed in favou...

March 31, 2021 17832 Views 6 comments Print


Stamp duty has to be independently paid for a Power of Attorney executed along with a deed assigning debt: SC

May 8, 2022 3897 Views 1 comment Print

Asset Reconstruction Co. (India) Ltd. Vs Chief Controlling Revenue Authority (Supreme Court of India) The High Court overlooked the fact that there was no independent instrument of PoA and that in any case, the power of sale of a secured asset flowed out of the provisions of the Securitisation Act, 2002 and not out of […]

Stamp duty not payable on Oral Family Settlements put in Writing Only for Information

April 3, 2022 27996 Views 0 comment Print

Himani Walia Vs Hemant Walia & Ors (Delhi High Court)  Delhi High Court held that family settlements are not required to be compulsorily registered, and stamp duty is not required to be compulsorily paid in respect of the same, when the settlement has been arrived at initially as an oral partition and is thereafter put […]

Delhi Govt extends relaxation of 20% in minimum Circle rates till 30.06.2022

December 30, 2021 8559 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Govt notifies the extension of relaxation of 20% in the minimum rates (Circle rates) till 30.06.2022 for valuation of lands and immovable properties in Delhi under rule 4 of the Delhi Stamp (Prevention of Under-Valuation of Instruments) Rules, 2007 for the purpose of payment of Stamp duty under Indian Stamp Act, as applicable to Delhi […]

Adjudication in case of Stamp duty not paid on Share Certificate in Mumbai, Maharashtra

December 21, 2021 16377 Views 2 comments Print

A company (Private as well as Public) is required to issue Share Certificates to it subscribers to memorandum in case of incorporation and to its shareholders in case of further allotment of shares within the given time line. However, there are many instances where a company fails to pay stamp duty within the given time line and faces difficulty to prove its authenticity this where the process of adjudication comes into the picture.

Stamp Duty Valuation Complimented with Delhi Govt Circle Rate Notification In Force As on Date

December 20, 2021 3672 Views 0 comment Print

Stamp Duty Valuation Complimented with Delhi Govt Circle Rate Notification In Force As on Date 1. Delhi Govt Vide No. F. 1(2854)/Regn.Br./Div.Comm./HQ/2020/5453 dated 26th February 2021; notified revised circle rates for registration of instruments relating to lands and immovable properties in Delhi by all the Registering Authorities under the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act, […]

FAQs on Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Amendments & Rules

December 18, 2021 12804 Views 0 comment Print

Q.1 Why amendments in the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 have been made? Answer: The amendments have been carried out with respect to securities market transactions. The present system of collection of stamp duty on securities market transactions has led to multiple rates for the same instrument, resulting in jurisdictional disputes and multiple incidences of duty, […]

Advocates’ Welfare Fund – Is there a need to have a true self-adhesive (self-sticking) stamp in Delhi?

November 8, 2021 2286 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi’s culture of litigation has one thing common for the learned advocates to have experienced regularly, and yes, for the others too, including the court clerks, and that is the Advocates’ Welfare Fund stamp, which is being pasted on the Vakalatnama for its admissibility in the court of law.

Stamp Duty refund cannot be denied for delay in Application due to Judicial Proceedings

September 24, 2021 8526 Views 0 comment Print

Since the delay in filling the application for refund in the instant case was due to the prolonged proceedings before the NCDRC, the application cannot be rejected on the ground of delay. A litigant has no control over judicial delays. A rejection of the application for refund would violate equity, justice and fairness where the applicant is made to suffer the brunt of judicial delay.

Taxability where Stamp Duty Value higher than Sale Consideration

June 26, 2021 176886 Views 4 comments Print

Income Tax Act has broadly defined taxability of income under five heads of Income. One of them is Capital Gain, where gains arising out of the sale of capital assets are taxable in the hands of the seller of the capital asset. However, with the intention of tax evasion, assesses started entering into an agreement […]

Taxation of development agreement in parity with stamp duty valuation

June 21, 2021 7578 Views 1 comment Print

Taxation of development agreement is most complex issue in recent times because nowdays stamp duty valuations of the development agreements are based on maximum potential FSI. The structure of the development agreement and consideration involves two flows of consideration. One flow is from devoloper to landowner in form of consideration in kind with the monetary […]

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