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Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, invites suggestions on draft ‘Indian Stamp Bill, 2023’ from public within a period of 30 days
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....epartment of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, invites suggestions on draft ‘Indian Stamp Bill, 2023’ from public within a period of 30 days <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 18-1-2024<br><BR>The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, has prepared a draft 'Indian Stamp Bill, 2023' to align it with modern stamp duty regime. Once enacted, the Bill shall replace the Indi....
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....an Stamp Act, 1899. The Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (2 of 1899) is a fiscal statute laying down the law relating to tax levied in the form of stamps on instruments recording transactions. Stamp duties are levied by the Central Government, but within the States are collected and appropriated by the concerned States in terms of provisions of Article 268 of the Constitution. The Indian Stamp Act, 1899, ....
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....a pre-Constitution Act, has been amended from time to time to enable a more modern Stamp Duty regime. However, a number of provisions contained in the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 have become redundant/ inoperative and hence, there is a need to re-orient the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Accordingly, it has been proposed that the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 is repealed and a new legislation is enacted to reflect t....
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....he present realities and objectives. As a part of pre-legislative consultative process, the draft 'Indian Stamp Bill, 2023' has been uploaded on the website of 'D/o Revenue' [https://dor.gov.in/stamp-duty/] for inviting suggestions from public in a prescribed proforma within a period of 30 days. PROFORMA FOR SENDING SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS/VIEWS S. No. Section No. of the draft Bill Title of the ....
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....Section Proposed modification, if any Remarks/comments The suggestions/ comments on the draft Bill may be shared at the following email id - sunil.kmr37[at]nic[dot]in in either MS Word (or compatible format) or machine-readable PDF format.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....