Will vs Gift deed: The gift deed transfers property immediately but deprives the donor of ownership, and it must be stamped and registered. Will is cheaper, has no stamp duty, and is not required to be registered but advisable
The State Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps in Maharashtra has registered 1,999,036 documents and earned revenue of ₹33,072 crore, meeting 73.49% of the target revenue for the financial year. The robust revenue generation is attributed to government and private projects in the real estate sector. The office has become the highest revenue generating department after GST.
The state government may continue with the 1% Metro cess—an additional stamp duty levied while registering properties in metro cities. Several citizens and realtors have requested the government to withdraw the cess to bring down stamp duty.
Earlier in June, the UP cabinet approved the cess after the cash-strapped Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) approached the government, seeking relief from a court ruling directing it to refund Rs 50 crore of the metro and Hindon elevated road cess collected from developers during map approval.