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Rented Residential Property: New GST Rules with effect from 18th July 2022

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  What is GST and how it works? GST is known as the Goods and Services Tax. It is an indirect tax which has replaced many indirect taxes in India such as the excise duty, VAT, services tax, etc. The Goods and Service Tax Act was passed in the Parliament on 29th March 2017 and came into effect on 1st July 2017. In other words,Goods and Service Tax (GST) is levied on the supply of goods and services. Goods and Services Tax Law in India is a comprehensive, multi-stage, destination-based tax that is levied on every value addition. GST is a single domestic indirect tax law for the entire country. NEW GST RULE on Rented Residential Property. *Synonyms for Tenant are Licensee and lessee. *Synonyms for Owner are Licensor, lessor and landlord. The dynamics of renting residential property under GST has changed from *18th July 2022*. The decision to bring the renting of residential dwellings under the tax net was taken in the 47th GST Council Meeting. Renting an immovable property is considered

HDFC Financial Institution Leases 2.5 Lakh Sq Ft Workplace House In Mindspace REIT’s Enterprise Park

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HDFC has leased over 250,000 sq. toes of workplace house at Okay Raheja Corp-backed Mindspace Enterprise Parks REIT’s enterprise park in Navi Mumbai’s Airoli locality for 10 years, a number of individuals with direct data of the event stated. The financial institution is planning to arrange its know-how and processing unit on the new workplace that can service its operations throughout the nation. The workplace tower, which is a part of Mindspace enterprise park’s first section, is at the moment underneath improvement and is anticipated to be accomplished within the subsequent 3-4 months when the financial institution will begin its fit-out work. “Each the events have already signed the letter of intent (LoI) for the deal and the stamp obligation has additionally been paid,” one particular person stated. Out of round a million sq ft under-construction house, the developer has thus far leased 600,000 sq ft together with the cope with HDFC Financial institution. The financial institution

Mastercard Technology leases 4 lakh sq. ft in Pune for Rs 4.12 crore a month

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The office space is being developed and is likely to be delivered in three phases between October 2022 and October 2024 Mastercard Technology has leased over 400,000 square feet of space in a commercial building in Pune for 20 years with rent starting at Rs 4.12 crore per month, documents accessed by Propstack showed. The 423,070 sq. ft of space at Nephronia Ecopaces is owned by Witwicky One and Farokh Framji Wadia in the Yerwada area of Pune, the lease agreement showed. The space is being developed and is likely to be delivered in three phases between October 2022 and October 2024. The lock-in period is 10 years and the security deposit is for 12 months. Rent escalation is at the rate of 4.75 percent per annum from the commencement of lease and includes car parking and signage. The commercial space comes with parking for 683 cars and 1,174 two-wheelers. source: Online. Further, We are also professional real estate consultant having experience of more than decade & half and can ass

Maharashtra, India: Stamp duty concession benefits on resale of properties extended to 3 years.

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To boost the real estate sector and to provide relief to the investors, the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill proposing to extend the duration to avail the stamp duty benefits from one year to three years in Maharashtra state of India. What is Stamp Duty Concession? As per existing norms in Maharahstra, if an investor buys and sells the flat within a year, the investor gets concession in stamp duty which has been extended to 3 years.  To understand it easily giving example, suppose an individual or investor purchase a flat for Rs. 1Cr. in year 2022 and has to pay a stamp duty of 6% to government to register this flat on his name which will be Rs. 6lacs and if investor sells it on or before 3 years ie. in 2025 at price of 1.25 Cr.  then new buyer of this flat has to pay stamp duty to government which is currently 6% to be calculated on difference of purchase price 1 Cr. minus (-) sale price 1.25 Cr. = 25 lacs so new buyer need pay stamp duty on 25 lacs only so this benefit

Maharashtra: Hike in Stamp Duty & Gift Deed.

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Buying property in Mumbai to be a costly affair soon State govt’s concession from stamp duty hike ends in March; duty to increase by 1 per cent Buying a home in Mumbai is likely to get costlier April onwards. The Maharashtra government is all set to hike stamp duty on house registration by 1 per cent from the next financial year. The government’s two year concession from stamp duty hike ends in March 2022 and the duty will rise by 1 per cent to an effective rate of 6 per cent of the agreement value from the current 5 per cent. Stamp duty on Gift Deed Additionally, stamp duty on gifting of house or property to a close relative will see a massive rise from just ₹200 to ₹1 lakh (considering the property cost of ₹1 crore). The ₹200 stamp duty was base price which will be hiked to 1 per cent of the property value. The Maharashtra government via a notification on February 8, 2019, had levied additional stamp duty in the form of surcharge, which was to be effective from the same year on instr

Mumbai: No property tax of residential properties up to 500 sq ft

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Property tax on residential units of up to 500 square feet, located within the Mumbai municipal area limits, will be waived off, the Maharashtra government  Mumbai: Property tax on residential units of up to 500 square feet, located within the Mumbai municipal area limits, will be waived off, the Maharashtra government Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray announced the decision after a meeting with the state urban development department held earlier in the day. The announcement comes ahead of Mumbai municipal corporation elections expected to be held next month. There are over 1.6 million residential properties which will stand to benefit from the decision. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that this will come into force in the financial year of 2022-23. The BMC collects between ₹4,000 crore to ₹5,000 crore in property tax every year and the outstanding amount is usually around ₹1,500 crore. With this waiver, the civic body is likely to face an annual revenue loss of up to ₹

Tata Realty To Invest ₹ 5,000 Crore For IT Park Project In Navi Mumbai

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Tata group firm Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited announced an investment of ₹ 5,000 crore to develop a premium IT park project in Navi Mumbai Tata group firm Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited announced an investment of ₹ 5,000 crore to develop a premium IT park project in Navi Mumbai as it expects demand for office and data centre spaces to rise in coming years. Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sanjay Dutt said that the company will develop 7 million square feet of area in this 'Grade-A' IT park project 'Intellion Park' in a phased manner over the next eight years, according to news agency PTI. He added that the company will develop this project in partnership with UK-based investment firm Actis. "We have 47.1 acre of land located in Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai. On this land parcel, we are doing 7 million square feet of development, predominantly IT space and data centres with some complementary retail

Dream 11 co-founder and his wife have bought a duplex in Mumbai worth Rs 72 crore.

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Dream11 cofounder Harsh Jain is among some of the richest young billionaires in the country. His app, a portal for online fantasy gaming has earned big with the success of the IPL and other cricketing tournaments. In fact, the app allows you to create and compete with teams across a variety of other sports too. The app’s origin was in Bangalore, and so is Jain’s palatial and current home. But, per ET, Jain and his wife Rachana have bought a new property in the financial capital of the country. Dream 11 co-founder Harsh Jain’s wife, Rachana Jain, buys a duplex in Mumbai worth Rs 72 crore According to LiveMint, the luxury duplex apartment in south Mumbai’s Peddar Road has cost them Rs 72 crore, or over Rs 1 lakh per sq. ft. The home spreads across the 29th and 30th floors and was purchased from Sameer Bhojwani-promoted Jeevesh Developers and Properties Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai has seen many noteworthy high-value transactions in this past year and this one is right among the top. Jain also paid a

India: NRIs, OCIs do not need prior nod to buy immovable property, Reserve Bank says

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Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs) will no longer need prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to buy or sell immovable property like houses in India, other than agricultural land, farm house and plantation property, the central bank said on Wednesday. The clarification has been issued by RBI after received a large number of queries with regard to acquisition of immovable properties by OCIs in the wake of a Supreme Court judgement relating to Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). “At present, NRIs/OCIs are governed by provisions of FEMA 1999 and do not require prior approval of RBI for acquisition and transfer of immovable property in India, other than agricultural land/ farm house/ plantation property, as per the terms and conditions laid down in Chapter IX of the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, dated October 17, 2019 (as amended from time to time), issued under Section 46 of FEMA 1999,” the RBI said in a statem

Checklist of Property Ownership Documents you must possess in INDIA. (Very Useful)

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  Dear Readers, Greetings to you, i have written this article earlier on my blog but thought to again update and repost this article as it's really very useful to make the order of property ownership documents. Benefits of keeping Property Ownership Documents UPTO DATE it will be  very beneficial to keep all of your property documents upto date  as per the law for various  reasons like if you decide to sell it or transfer it to your family members or relatives or anyone else or any unexpected unfortunate events where your family/relatives will require to know about documents because when you wish to do any property transaction as mentioned earlier by visiting registration authority then these list of documents are necessarily required else you have to first collect & arrange all these documents which will delay the process.  Also It's very important for new buyers looking to purchase in near future to be aware about which ownership documents to check while purchasing any pr

TDS on Sale of Property (Generation of 16B Form through TRACES Final Document)

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As discussed earlier about how to pay TDS on sale of property in my previous article where after submitting 26QB form and payment of TDS amount which will generate the challan copy online however process doesn't end here and after 7 days, one more form called 16B  has to be downloaded by visiting official website TRACES. H ere explaining in detail procedure of generating 16B form as follows:  Procedure to generate and download Form16B from TRACES Click  here  to register as taxpayer on TRACES with details of PAN and either detail of tax deducted or details of challan or details of Form 26QB. Also, enter the verification code and click on ‘Proceed’. Activation link will be sent to email id through which account can be successfully created If already registered login to TRACES  here  with username as ‘PAN’ and password Under downloads tab Select ‘Form 16B (For Buyer)’ Furnish details such as assessment year, acknowledgment no. of the Form 26QB and PAN of the seller Form 16B will now

Development plan (2021-41): Pune aspires to be India’s top city

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The draft development plan PMRDA has released proposes to develop city sustainably over 20 years, marrying liveability with economic growth The draft plan provides for 26 town planning schemes, 10 metro rail routes, two ring roads (123 km and 173 km), 59 public housing projects, 152.19-km Pune-Nashik semi high-speed rail, 89.65-km crescent railway, 12 logistics hubs, and nine truck terminals, among other things. The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) is getting ready for a major upgrade. If the proposed Rs 73,000-crore draft development plan (DP) for PMR gets approved and implemented, it could make a significant impact on the way its residents live and work. The draft DP the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has released is intended to guide the development of PMR over the next 20 years, with the goal of making it India’s most liveable habitat and a premium international investment destination. Suhas Diwase, metropolitan commissioner and CEO, PMRDA, says the draft plan

Transfer of Property by way of GIFT DEED in INDIA (Very Informative & useful information)

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WHY GIFT needed: In INDIA, there are many instances where someone wish to gift his/her owned movable or immovable (property) to close relatives with love & affection so in this situation, one can simply use route of GIFT DEED to save stamp duty and transfer property to his/ her relative. What is the meaning & advantage of Gift Deed? A gift deed is a document by which ownership of the property can be transferred  without any Consideration . A person who transfers the ownership is called a  “Donor (Giver)”  and the person who gets the ownership is called a  “Donee (Receiver)” . Properties That can be Gifted Through a Gift Deed Both immovable and movable properties can be given away as gifts by the donor to the donee. Immovable property means land or any benefits arising out of land or anything attached to the earth but does not include growing crops, standing timber or grass. The properties that are not considered immovable properties are considered as movable properties. However