Anyone with First-hand experience selling RE in Post-Demonetization era

puneri_punter · Post by **puneri_punter** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:43 pm

Does anyone have experience selling real estate, in Pune especially, in the post-demonetization?

Earlier for resale the transactions used to be 60-40 meaning 40% black in cash. How does it work now?
Any insight or guidance?
You can PM me.

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 11:17 pm

puneri_punter;682817Does anyone have experience selling real estate, in Pune especially, in the post-demonetization?

Earlier for resale the transactions used to be 60-40 meaning 40% black in cash. How does it work now?
Any insight or guidance?
You can PM me.

I sold a 2BHK end of September in Mumbai. 100% white money is what I asked for and got.

It is the seller who generally wants black to avoid paying tax, unless the buyer has assets undeclared.

puneri_punter · Post by **puneri_punter** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 11:31 pm

Desi,
Did the seller pay by check/Demand Draft/Bank Transfer?
Did you transfer the money to US or kept it in India?
How long did it take you to complete the transaction? That is the time from you and seller reaching an agreement on price to all the paper work being complete and you getting the money in hand?

I have few other very specific questions. If you want I can PM them to you.

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 11:46 pm

He transferred money via bank transfer and the remainder loan that he took from a bank, that bank issued me a demand draft which I deposited in my bank in my NRO account.

mumbaikar · Post by **mumbaikar** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:40 am

Desi;682821I sold a 2BHK end of September in Mumbai. 100% white money is what I asked for and got.

It is the seller who generally wants black to avoid paying tax, unless the buyer has assets undeclared.

Does one needs Adhar card to sell his/her property?

sc2364 · Post by **sc2364** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:57 am

mumbaikar;682832Does one needs Adhar card to sell his/her property?

You do not need one.....but PAN is needed. The banks ask for it and the Sub registrar office asked for it as well.

sc2364 · Post by **sc2364** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:02 am

Desi;682821I sold a 2BHK end of September in Mumbai. 100% white money is what I asked for and got.

It is the seller who generally wants black to avoid paying tax, unless the buyer has assets undeclared.

That is true. From my experience it is both the seller and the buyer. The buyer does not want to pay the 6% stamp duty on the entire amount of sale and so he/she saves little money and on the seller side, they do not want to pay taxes on capital gains(20%) on the whole amount. But many transactions are happening completely with white money especially if the seller insists on white transaction. Just sharing my experience.

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:29 am

mumbaikar;682832Does one needs Adhar card to sell his/her property?

I did not need Aadhar card and my transaction was done just less than a month back.

dbs · Post by **dbs** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:36 am

sc2364;682838That is true. From my experience it is both the seller and the buyer. The buyer does not want to pay the 6% stamp duty on the entire amount of sale and so he/she saves little money and on the seller side, they do not want to pay taxes on capital gains(20%) on the whole amount. But many transactions are happening completely with white money especially if the seller insists on white transaction. Just sharing my experience.

Yes, it works both ways.

My sister is wants to sell a flat in Delhi for 100% white.
The buyers are resisting as well as brokers. Brokers say that they will find it difficult for the next transaction at a lower rate with authorities.

return2blore · Post by **return2blore** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:59 pm

Desi;682850I did not need Aadhar card and my transaction was done just less than a month back.

How will you get back the TDS amount from the GOI without filing your tax returns in India, for which you need Adhar Card? I am asking you this because, this is where my BIL is stuck, with the sale of his property in Mysore.