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How this is calculated
The buyer withholds a percentage of the payment and deposits it against the seller's liability. Two details matter. The base is the higher of the agreed price and the stamp duty value, which stops a below-value agreement reducing the deduction. And a non-resident seller attracts a far higher rate under a different section, with surcharge and cess on top, which is the most expensive mistake a buyer can make in this transaction.
Worked examples
Each of these is asserted on every build. If a change to the engine ever moved one of these answers, the build would fail before the page could print it.
a resident sale above the threshold
- Sale consideration
- ₹80,00,000
- Stamp duty value
- ₹80,00,000
- TDS rate
- 1%
- Threshold
- ₹50,00,000
- The seller is a non-resident
- No
- Rate for a non-resident seller
- 20%
TDS the buyer must deduct₹80,000
arithmetic identity
Open this examplea higher stamp duty value becomes the base
- Sale consideration
- ₹80,00,000
- Stamp duty value
- ₹90,00,000
- TDS rate
- 1%
- Threshold
- ₹50,00,000
- The seller is a non-resident
- No
- Rate for a non-resident seller
- 20%
TDS the buyer must deduct₹90,000
boundary: the anti-avoidance rule
Open this examplebelow the threshold nothing is deducted
- Sale consideration
- ₹40,00,000
- Stamp duty value
- ₹40,00,000
- TDS rate
- 1%
- Threshold
- ₹50,00,000
- The seller is a non-resident
- No
- Rate for a non-resident seller
- 20%
TDS the buyer must deduct₹0
degenerate case
Open this exampleMethod and limits
What it assumes
- An immovable property other than agricultural land.
What it deliberately does not model
- The non-resident case carries surcharge and cess that are not applied here, and often needs a lower-deduction certificate.
- Instalment payments require deduction on each instalment, which is a timing question this does not model.
Sources
Formula version 1.0.0 · definition 1.0.0 · India · Report a problem with this calculator
Frequently asked questions
- Who is responsible for depositing it?
- The buyer. The obligation, the filing and the penalty for failure all sit with the purchaser, not the seller.
- What if the seller is an NRI?
- A different section applies at a much higher rate, with surcharge and cess. Deducting the resident rate on a non-resident sale is a costly error and it is the buyer who carries it.