Land Tax in Australia is a tax levied on the owners of most land, excluding land used for your principal place of residence.
It is a State based tax, charged by each individual State and Territory government, and the Rates and Threshold figures will vary depending on the location of the land owned.
NSW – www.osr.nsw.gov.au/taxes/land/
- Land Tax in New South Wales is payable if your total property holdings exceed $376,000 in the 2010 year. (2009 was $368,000)
QLD – www.osr.qld.gov.au/land-tax/about-land-tax/land-tax-rates.shtml
- Land Tax in Queensland is payable if your total property holdings exceed $599,999 in the 2009 year.
SA – www.revenuesa.sa.gov.au/taxes/ltax.html
- Land Tax in South Australia is payable if your total property holdings exceeds $110,000 in 2009.
TAS – www.sro.tas.gov.au/
- Land Tax in Tasmania is payable if your total property holdings exceeds $250,000 in 2009.
VIC – www.sro.vic.gov.au/
- Land Tax in Victoria is payable if your total property holdings exceed $250,000 in the 2009 year.
WA – www.dtf.wa.gov.au/cms/content.aspx?id=239
- Land Tax in Western Australia is payable if your total property holdings exceed $300,000 in the 2008-09 and 2009-10 years.
ACT – www.revenue.act.gov.au/land_tax/land_tax_rates
- Land Tax in Australian Capital Territory is payable ….. It appears to be on everything, no tax free threshold ?
NT – www.ato.gov.au
- There is no land Tax in the Northern Territory.