IDS-Indexed Stamp Duty Value

CBDT Notification Reg Adoption Of Indexed Stamp Duty Value For Income Declaration Scheme

 

The CBDT has issued a Notification dated 17th August 2016 by which Rule 3(1)(d) of the Income Declaration Scheme Rules 2016 have been amended to provide that where the acquisition of immovable property by the declarant is evidenced by a deed registered with any authority of a State Government, the fair market value of such property shall, at the option of the declarant, may be taken on the stamp duty value as increased by the same proportion as Cost Inflation Index for the year 2016-17 bears to the Cost Inflation Index for the year in which the property was registered.