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Transferring Holdings

There can be various reasons for transferring your holdings from one Demat account to another. You have multiple Demat accounts and want to merge all your holdings into one, or it can be the other way around, you want to segregate your holdings into multiple accounts. Whatever be the reason, there can be two types of transfers that are possible – Inter-depository transfer and intra-depository transfer.

• Intra-Depository Transfer - Your current Demat account was with NSDL and your new Demat account is on CDSL or vice versa. Now you want to transfer your holdings between two different depositories. Such a transfer is known as inter–depository transfer.
• Inter-Depository Transfer - This is relatively easy because your old Demat account and new Demat account are both with the same depository. Such a transfer of holdings is known as intra – depository transfer. Now, you can transfer your securities from one Demat account to a new Demat account using a manual offline method or an online method. Let us now discuss both of them in detail.

Manual (Offline) method

The manual method for transferring holdings from one Demat to another requires some paperwork. The first and foremost step is to obtain the DIS (Delivery Instruction Slip) from your broker. Once you have the DIS, you need to obtain the BOID (Beneficiary Owner ID) number. This is a 16-digit number that serves as an ID of your broker. SO, there will be two different BO IDs, first for your old Demat provider and the second one for the new one.

Once you have all these sorted, you need to have the ISIN (International Security Identification Number) of each share that you want to transfer. Now if both your Demat accounts are with the same depository you need to choose the off-market transfer option, else it will be an inter-depository transfer.

Once you have accumulated all the information, you need to fill up the transfer form available with your broker and provide your consent signature. The signature should match with the one which you provided at the time of opening the Demat account.

If you are closing the old account, the broker will not charge any fee for this transfer otherwise the broker may charge you some amount as a transfer fee.

Online Method

The CDSL has introduced an online method for transferring securities known as EASIEST. As the name suggests it is an easy process to transfer your holdings from one Demat account to another.

You simply need to register yourself on the CDSL website under the EASIEST option by providing all the requisite details. AT the end of the registration you will come across a form with all the details. All you need to do is to take a printout of the form and submit it to your depository participant. The depository participant will send it to the depository, which will approve it after verification of the details. Once the information is verified, you will receive an email containing your login credentials.

You can now use these credentials to log in to the EASIEST portal. Once you have logged in you will see a list of all the depository participants. You can select your broker from the list and transfer your holdings and securities.

Tax Implications

Since the securities are transferred between two different Demat accounts of the same person, there are no extra tax implications on such transfers. However, the Capital Gain Tax for such securities will be calculated from the first day of the purchase of stock and will be unaffected by the transfer.