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Thursday, April 18

Stamp Duty on Power of Attorney in Andhra Pradesh


On Power of Attorney as defined by section 2 (21) not being a proxy

(i) When executed for the sole purpose of procuring the registration of one or more documents in relation to a single transaction or for admitting execution of one or more such documents:

Twenty rupees

(ii) When authorising one person or more to act in a single transaction other than the case mentioned in sr. no. (i) above:

Twenty rupees

(iii) When authorising not more than five persons to jointly or severally in more than one transaction generally

Fifty rupees

(iv) When authorising more than five but not more than ten persons to act jointly or severally in more than one transaction or generally

Seventy five rupees


(v) When given for consideration and authorising the attorney to sell any immovable property

The same duty as a conveyance for a consideration or market value equal to the amount of consideration

(vi) In any other case

Twenty five rupees for each person authorised

(vii) When given for construction on, development of, or sale or transfer (in any manner whatsoever) of, any immovable property

Five rupees for every one hundred rupees or part thereof on the market value of the property




For exemptions and other details please refer to Schedule IA of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, as applicable to Andhra Pradesh.

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