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title: "Verified fee tables"
url: "https://forms-legal.com/facts"
description: "Government fees and stamp duty checked row by row against official sources: company and business name fees, land transfer costs and lease stamp duty."
dateModified: "2026-10-31"
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
language: "en"
---

# Verified fee tables

Small tables of legal facts. Every row names its legal basis and links the official source it was checked against, with the date of the check. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); the released tables are archived with a DOI (10.5281/zenodo.23813287). Each table page has a ready-made attribution line and BibTeX entry.

## Tables

- [Company registration fees by country](https://forms-legal.com/facts/company-registration-fees): Government fees to register a private limited company in 13 countries, from the UK and Singapore to Kenya, Ghana and Pakistan, with official sources. 42 rows, checked 31 October 2026. Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/facts/company-registration-fees.md
- [USPTO trademark fees](https://forms-legal.com/facts/us-trademark-fees): All 39 USPTO trademark fees in force in 2026: $350 per class to apply, surcharges, Statement of Use, renewals and TTAB, each with its 37 CFR section. 39 rows, checked 30 October 2026. Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/facts/us-trademark-fees.md
- [Stamp duty on leases and tenancy agreements](https://forms-legal.com/facts/tenancy-stamp-duty): Stamp duty on leases and tenancy agreements in Kenya, Malaysia and Singapore in 2026: rates by term, minimum duty, deadlines and penalties, with sources. 23 rows, checked 31 October 2026. Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/facts/tenancy-stamp-duty.md
- [Land transfer costs in Kenya](https://forms-legal.com/facts/kenya-land-transfer-costs): Stamp duty on a land transfer in Kenya: 4% in a municipality, 2% elsewhere (Cap. 480), exemptions, valuation, late penalty and Land Registry fees. 14 rows, checked 31 October 2026. Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/facts/kenya-land-transfer-costs.md
- [Land registration costs in Ghana](https://forms-legal.com/facts/ghana-land-registration): Stamp duty on a land sale in Ghana under Act 689 as amended in 2023: 0.25%, 0.5% or 1% by value, four exemptions and the 2024 Lands Commission fee change. 8 rows, checked 31 October 2026. Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/facts/ghana-land-registration.md
- [Business name registration fees in Nigeria](https://forms-legal.com/facts/nigeria-business-name-fees): CAC fees for a business name in Nigeria: NGN 1,000 to reserve a name, NGN 20,000 to register, NGN 5,000 per annual return, and penalties, from the Gazette. 16 rows, checked 31 October 2026. Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/facts/nigeria-business-name-fees.md
- [Stamp duty on leases in Nigeria](https://forms-legal.com/facts/nigeria-lease-stamp-duty): Stamp duty on leases in Nigeria under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 from 1 January 2026: 0.78% up to 7 years, 3% above, the exemption threshold and deadline. 6 rows, checked 31 October 2026. Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/facts/nigeria-lease-stamp-duty.md

## Where official sources disagree

Cases where two official sources give different figures, or where the figure that circulates is not the one in the law, with the figure our documents use and why:

- [Kenya company registration fee: KES 10,000, 10,650 or 10,750?](https://forms-legal.com/facts/discrepancies/kenya-company-registration-fee-10000-10650-10750)
- [Kenya lease stamp duty: what the Act says against the versions that circulate](https://forms-legal.com/facts/discrepancies/kenya-lease-stamp-duty-rates-item-21)
- [Stamping a tenancy agreement in Malaysia: STAMPS, e-Duti Setem or MyTax?](https://forms-legal.com/facts/discrepancies/malaysia-tenancy-stamping-portal-stamps-e-duti-setem-mytax)

Index: https://forms-legal.com/facts/discrepancies (Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/facts/discrepancies.md)

## Legal changes log

Dated changes to the law in focus countries, such as new tax Acts, registry systems and stamp duty rules, each with the date it took effect and a link to the official source: https://forms-legal.com/legal-changes (Markdown: https://forms-legal.com/md/legal-changes.md; RSS: https://forms-legal.com/legal-changes/rss.xml).

The tables are part of the Forms Legal open data (https://forms-legal.com/datasets/legal-templates). Classroom exercises: https://forms-legal.com/facts/teaching. Reference data, not legal advice.