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There are many types of taxes that need to be paid after purchasing a house, one of which is stamp duty. However, many people do not understand the meaning of stamp tax. So, below, a real estate dispute lawyer from Beijing Yingting Law Firm will give you a brief introduction to what stamp tax is for home purchases.

House purchase stamp tax is a tax charged on contracts or certificates of a contractual nature, licenses, property rights transfer documents, and other documents that have been determined by the financial department to be taxed. A tax levied on the creation and receipt of vouchers for economic activities and economic transactions. In general, stamp duty on home purchases is a tax levied on real estate transactions and changes in real estate property rights.

The method for reporting stamp tax on property purchases is as follows:

1. Self-declaration. The house buyer or the withholding agent must go to the local tax authority to complete the tax declaration procedures within the prescribed time limit. This is a common and traditional stamp tax declaration method.

2. Mail the declaration. House buyers or withholding agents who have been approved by the local tax authorities use uniformly prescribed tax delivery envelopes and send them through the regular postal department, and ask the postal department for a delivery receipt as a declaration voucher.

3. Telegram declaration. Home buyers make declarations through local tax authorities that approve the use of electronic means or similar means to generate, store or transmit information, such as network transmission and telephone voice.

The above is the answer to the relevant knowledge about the stamp tax on home purchases. This type of tax is characterized by a wide range of collection and low tax. The home buyer can complete the tax obligation by purchasing and affixing the stamp tax stamp by himself. Generally speaking, the amount of stamp tax is calculated by multiplying the total price of the house by 0.5%. If the tax amount is large, you can also go to the local tax authority with the voucher to pay tax.