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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 will 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.
Vacant Residential Land Tax
If your eligible residential property was vacant for more than 6 months 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.
Homebuyer Fund
You may be eligible to receive a contribution of up to 25% of the purchase price of your home.
Unclaimed Money
Find lost or forgotten money, prizes and winnings by searching the Unclaimed Money Register, or lodge unclaimed money held by your business.
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.
Fire Services Property Levy
Property owners pay an annual levy via council rates to support emergency services.
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.
Back to Work
Eligible employers of unemployed Latrobe Valley and retrenched Hazelwood Power Station workers can claim a second payment.
Gambling taxes
There are three 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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Duties Online

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Digital Duties Form

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Public Lodgement

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Commercial Passenger Vehicle Service Levy

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