Govt to hike securities transaction tax on F&O contracts
Updated: Mar 24 2023 9:14PM
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The government on Friday proposed hiking the securities transaction tax on Futures & Options (F&O) contracts, a move that will increase the trading costs in the derivatives segment as well as help in curbing excessive trades.
In the Finance Bill 2023, passed by the Lok Sabha on Friday, the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on options is proposed to be increased to 0.0625 per cent from 0.05 per cent and on futures contracts to 0.0125 from 0.01 per cent.
Analysts opined that higher STT will shore up the government's revenues to some extent and also discourage excessive trading since a large number of retail traders are losing money in the segment.
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 option trading.
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 per cent to 0.021 per cent.
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