Stamp Duty · Goa
Goa’s booming long-stay rental market runs on 11-month agreements at 1% of rent plus deposit. With premium villa deposits, the deposit component often dominates the duty — worth checking before signing that Assagao lease on generic stamp paper.
1% of (rent + deposit)
Rent / lease agreements
Registration optional < 12 months
Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (as adopted by Goa)
₹100 flat for NDAs
GA Schedule I, Article 5
Pre-set for Goa's schedule. Enter your rent, term, and deposit for an indicative duty — the same engine the Dharaa app uses.
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Estimates are indicative and based on published state schedules — verify against your State Stamp Schedule or SHCIL before purchase. Not legal or tax advice.
Goa levies 1% stamp duty on the total rent for the term plus the security deposit. The security deposit is included in the duty base. Registration is optional for agreements under 12 months.
Reference example — ₹25,000/month, 11 months, ₹1,00,000 deposit: duty ≈ ₹3,750 (total ≈ ₹3,750).
A flat ₹100 under GA Schedule I, Article 5. This covers NDAs, service agreements, and most contracts without their own schedule entry.
An under-stamped agreement is inadmissible as evidence (Section 35, Indian Stamp Act, 1899) and can be impounded, with a penalty of up to 10× the deficit under Section 40. Stamping correctly at execution costs a fraction of fixing it during a dispute.
Indicatively 1% of total rent for the term plus the security deposit. For ₹25,000/month over 11 months with a ₹1,00,000 deposit, that is about ₹3,750.
Yes — and with Goa’s premium rental deposits the deposit component often exceeds the rent component of the duty.
A flat ₹100 under Schedule I, Article 5 as adopted by Goa.
Estimates and rules are indicative, based on published state schedules — verify with your State Stamp Schedule or SHCIL before purchase. Not legal or tax advice.
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