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Examples of the Computation of Stamp Duty on Tenancy Agreements. Term of a Tenancy Agreement (a) To calculate the term of a tenancy agreement, both the commencement date and the cessation date will be counted. Example 1 A tenancy agreement commences on 1 January 2010 and terminates on 31 December 2010. It is a term of 1 year, thus falling into the category “Does not exceed 1 year” Stamping Your Tenancy Agreement. After you have signed the tenancy agreement, you need to get it stamped. The tenant pays for this. Usually, I have got the lawyers, the real estate agent or sometimes, the tenant themselves to get the document stamped. So years of getting people to do things for me has made me ignorant of this process until now.  Answer Posted on Mar 2, 2011. If the agreement is not being stamped,it may may not be contractual in the view of law.So insist on stamping of agreement as it's an offence not to declare to IRAS. it's TENANTS DUTY to stamp and if the agent not aware,do free to call me as you should protect your interest.  Real Estate Agents, Landlords & Tenants can now request their Tenancy Agreement to be stamped here at their convenience (including weekends). Stamp Duty Certificate and receipt of payment shall be emailed to you for online submission. Please scroll to the bottom of the page for mode of payment.  In Singapore, Tenancy Agreement will need to be stamped by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. Only after the Tenancy is stamped then it can be considered a valid contract as evidence in court for any disputes that may arise in the future with your landlord. This is to protect the interest of both parties. Your agent will then ensure that the Tenancy Agreement is fair and unbiased. You will need to prepare the rest of the security deposit and advance rental upon signing of the Tenancy Agreement. For 1 year lease - 1 month's deposit and 1 month's advance rental. Tips – if you are a tenant and the landlord ask you to pay for the legal fees for the tenancy agreement, please insist that you should appoint your lawyer to draft the tenancy agreement, as many landlord or real estate agent will tell you that the terms in the tenancy agreement is standard. Appreciate your view on this. My current tenancy agreement is not stamped although I have paid the money to the landlord. It will expires in 16 months time .Now there’s a change in management on the part of my landlord and the new office do not want to honour the existing agreement. At such, as a landlord we do need to make sure that all tenancy agreements are duly stamped to ensure that it is admissible in court in the event that it requires to be enforced. Normally two copy of Tenancy Agreement will be signed. One copy will be for landlord and another copy will be given to the Tenant. Both copy of the Tenancy Agreement has to be stamp in order to become a legalized document. Maybe some landlord wish to save the stamp duty money. This would not be a good idea as the stamp duty will not cost you a lot Example 4 A tenancy agreement for a term of 4 years with a right for the tenant to break at the end of the second year is treated as a term of 4 years. Calculation of Stamp Duty The calculations are made on the basis that the documents are stamped within 30 days from the date of signing of the agreements. Term of a Tenancy Agreement (a) To calculate the term of a tenancy agreement, both the commencement date and the cessation date will be counted. Example 1 A tenancy agreement commences on 1 January 2010 and terminates on 31 December 2010. Preparing tenancy agreements. After having sourced your tenancy agreement and found your tenant, you need to get it ready for your tenant to sign. Here are a few tips for you: 1  Make sure that you have all spellings correct, ie of such things as the address of the property and the names of the landlord and tenant. the tenancy will be valid if there is just a signature. So if you are arranging for the tenancy agreement to be signed by the tenants a long time before they are due to move in, or if you want to give the tenant a three year term, or if you have agreed to an exceptionally cheap rent, you will need to sign as a deed.
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