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Land tax
You may need to pay land tax if you own an investment property, holiday home, commercial property or vacant land.
Payroll tax
You may have to pay payroll tax if you are an employer with a wage bill over a monthly threshold.
Land transfer duty
If you buy or acquire a property, you pay land transfer duty, commonly known as stamp duty.
Emergency services and volunteers fund
Property owners contribute, via council rates, to support emergency and disaster response services.
Vacant residential land tax
If your residential property was vacant in the preceding calendar year, you may be subject to vacant residential land tax.
First Home Owner
You may be eligible for the First Home Owner Grant or a range of exemptions, concessions and reductions.
Short stay levy
You may need to pay the short stay levy if you accept bookings for short stays in Victorian property.
Commercial and industrial property tax
If you have a commercial or industrial property, land transfer duty has been replaced by this tax and applies 10 years after the property’s next applicable sale.
Homebuyer Fund
You may be eligible to receive a contribution of up to 25% of the purchase price of your home.
Commercial passenger vehicle service levy
A levy, in addition to the fare, is payable on every taxi, hire car and ride share trip.
Car parks
A congestion levy applies to off-street private and public car parking spaces across parts of inner Melbourne.
Landholder duty
You may have to pay landholder duty when you acquire an interest in a company or unit trust scheme that has land holdings.
Buying a property
Apart from the taxes you pay when buying a property, there are a range of benefits that may be available.
Metropolitan planning levy
A levy is paid before obtaining a planning permit for developing certain land in metropolitan Melbourne.
Growth areas infrastructure contribution
Developers make a one-off contribution to infrastructure in Melbourne’s newest suburbs.
Motor vehicles
When you register or transfer ownership of a vehicle you pay duty.
Unclaimed money
Find lost or forgotten money, prizes and winnings by searching the Unclaimed Money Register, or lodge unclaimed money held by your business.
Fire services property levy
Property owners pay an annual levy via council rates to support emergency services. From 1 July 2025, the FSPL will be replaced by the emergency services and volunteers fund.
Insurance
When you take out an insurance policy, you generally pay duty as part of your premium.
Leases, grants and transfers
Duty is to be paid on certain grants, transfers, assignments and surrenders of leases of land.
Gambling taxes
There are 3 gaming-related taxes — wagering and betting tax, keno tax and casino tax.
Windfall gains tax
When the value of land increases due to government rezoning, some land owners will pay a tax on these windfall gains.
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