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What is Securities Transaction Tax (STT)?

Created October 27, 2021
Author Clarice Mendonsa
Reading Time: 4 minutes

There are several charges that an investor has to bear while buying or selling investments from their Demat account. The most popular ones are brokerage charges, Goods and services tax (GST), transaction tax, etc. But the one tax that investors are less aware of is Securities Transaction Tax (STT...

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