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Duty Rates for Seller's Stamp Duty

Duty Rates for Seller's Stamp Duty

Data from Feb 2010 to Jul 2025

Last updated: 10 Sep 2025, 15:09 SGT

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)

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DutyRatesforSellersStampDuty.csv (26 rows, 7.2 KB)

From
Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
Type of Stamp Duty
Text
Type of Document
Text
Holding Period
Text
Duty Levied On
Text
Amount of Duty
Text
Rate of Duty
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Residential Seller's Stamp Duty88.5%
Industrial Seller's Stamp Duty11.5%
(Null)0.0%
Sale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposes88.5%
Sale & Purchase or Gift of Industrial Immovable Property11.5%
(Null)0.0%
Within 1 year38.5%
Exceeding 1 year but not exceeding 2 years26.9%
Exceeding 2 years but not exceeding 3 years26.9%
Exceeding 3 years but not exceeding 4 years7.7%
(Null)0.0%
Purchase price or market value, whichever is higher53.8%
Thereafter, every S$100 or part thereof of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher15.4%
Every S$100 or part thereof of the next S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher15.4%
Every S$100 or part thereof of the first S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher15.4%
(Null)53.8%
(Null)46.2%
2010-02-20Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesWithin 1 yearEvery S$100 or part thereof of the first S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher1na
2010-02-20Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesWithin 1 yearEvery S$100 or part thereof of the next S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher2na
2010-02-20Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesWithin 1 yearThereafter, every S$100 or part thereof of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher3na
2010-08-30Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesWithin 1 yearEvery S$100 or part thereof of the first S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher1na
2010-08-30Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesWithin 1 yearEvery S$100 or part thereof of the next S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher2na
2010-08-30Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesWithin 1 yearThereafter, every S$100 or part thereof of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher3na
2010-08-30Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesExceeding 1 year but not exceeding 2 yearsEvery S$100 or part thereof of the first S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher0.67na
2010-08-30Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesExceeding 1 year but not exceeding 2 yearsEvery S$100 or part thereof of the next S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher1.33na
2010-08-30Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesExceeding 1 year but not exceeding 2 yearsThereafter, every S$100 or part thereof of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher2na
2010-08-30Residential Seller's Stamp DutySale & Purchase or Gift of Residential Immovable Property or in the case of mixed purposes, the part for residential purposesExceeding 2 years but not exceeding 3 yearsEvery S$100 or part thereof of the first S$180,000 of purchase price or market value, whichever is higher0.33na

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
FromfromDate (YYYY-MM-DD)-Date of Purchase/ Acquisition
Type of Stamp Dutystamp_duty_typeText--
Type of Documentdocument_typeText--
Holding Periodholding_periodText--
Duty Levied Onduty_levied_onText--
Amount of Dutyduty_amountTextS$"na" : Data not available or not applicable
Rate of Dutyduty_rateText-Numeric (Percentage) "100" represents 100% "na" : Data not available or not applicable
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_550f42aebb3392f5342a0493a2efdca3"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. (2016). Duty Rates for Seller's Stamp Duty (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 12, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_550f42aebb3392f5342a0493a2efdca3/view

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IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)