FM moves amendment to Finance Bill to correct STT rate

FM Sitharaman moved an amendment to the Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha to correct the figures with regard to the rate of STT to be levied on the sale of options as well as futures

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday moved an amendment to the Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha to correct the figures with regard to the rate of Security Transaction Tax (STT) to be levied on the sale of options as well as futures. The amended Finance Bill 2023 by correcting STT rate has been returned to Lok Sabha, sources said. The amended bill is likely to be taken up by Lok Sabha either today or tomorrow and thereafter the budgetary exercise would be complete. The Lok Sabha is adjourned till 4 pm.

STT on options is proposed to be increased to 0.0625%

In the Finance Bill 2023, passed by the Lok Sabha on Friday, the Securities Transaction Tax on options is proposed to be increased to 0.0625 percent from 0.05 percent and on futures contracts to 0.0125 from 0.01 percent.
After the Lok Sabha cleared the Finance Bill, which has 64 official amendments, the finance ministry issued a statement saying that there was a typographical error in the amendments with respect to the change in STT on options trading.

STT on the sale of futures has been hiked from 0.01% to 0.0125%

The error, the finance ministry said, will be rectified in accordance with the extent procedure of the government of India. As per the amendments, the STT on options has been increased from 0.017 percent to 0.021 percent.

"In case of STT, the rate is proposed to be changed from 0.05 percent to 0.0625 percent. There was a typographical error which is being corrected," the ministry said. In percentage terms, STT on the sale of futures has been hiked from 0.01 percent to 0.0125 percent and in the case of options, it has been hiked from 0.05 percent to 0.062 percent.

Traders in the futures segment will now have to pay STT of Rs 1,250 on Rupees one crore of turnover against the earlier levy of Rs 1,000. The new rules will come into effect from the new financial year 2023-24.

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