Stamp duty on cash receipts to be increased from Re.1 to 10!

P C Agrawal (Registered independent director Past Chairman of Aurangabad Chapter of ICSI Practicing Company Secretary at Aurangabad)   (8229 Points)

14 May 2010  

Dear friends,

 

Ministry of Finance has proposed several amendments to Indian Stamp Act which are available for public comments at the following link:

 

https://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_revenue/ISAct1899.html

 

As per proposed Article 54 stamp duty on cash receipts is proposed to be increased from Re.1 to Rs.10 !!  However, limit of exemption from duty is also to be increased from Rs.500 as at present to Rs.5,000.

 

Thanks