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When you buy or acquire property in Victoria, you pay land transfer duty on your property, unless an exemption applies. The Evidentiary Requirements Manual provides guidance in relation to the evidence you need to provide the State Revenue Office so that we can assess your transaction or grant an exemption in accordance with the Duties Act 2000.

Most transactions need to be lodged through Duties Online:

  • Standard system assessed transactions prior to settlement via Electronic Lodgement Network Operator (ELNO) lodgement (DOL).  
  • Complex transactions 30 days prior to settlement via ELNO lodgement (Complex DOL).
  • After settlement, Electronic Lodgement Model (ELM) paper transactions via settlement statement.​ 

In a few rare instances, the State Revenue Office (SRO) may accept documents lodged outside of Duties Online. This is noted in the specific lodgement requirements. 

Digital duties forms

You must use the digital duties form for all contracts, or where there is no contract, all transfers, entered into on or after 1 July 2017. Any reference to these forms in the Evidentiary Requirements Manual should be read as a reference to the digital duties form.

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Section Title Lodgement category Sub category Channel
s36B(2)(c) Property passing to a unitholder as the trustee of a discretionary trust Trust Exemptions and Concessions Complex DOL
s36B (2)(b) Property passing to unitholders in unit trust schemes Trust Exemptions and Concessions Complex DOL
s36B(2)(a)(ii) Property passing to unitholders in unit trust schemes Trust Exemptions and Concessions Complex DOL
s21(3) & (4) & (4A) & (5) Off-the-plan transfers — land and building packages and refurbishments — concession DOL
s58-60 Transfer to an eligible pensioner where the contract was entered on or after 1 July 2012 DOL
s10 (1)(a) & (d) Transfers for full interest between unrelated parties (non-residential) Transfer to parties that are not related or associated Unrelated Party Transfers DOL
s57 H-I, s57J or JA Principal Place of Residence (PPR) - Concession/reduction of duty DOL
s56(1)(a), (2)(a), (3)(a) Transfers of farm to relative(s) — exemption Primary Production Land Family Farm Exemption DOL
s54 Joint tenants and tenants in common - exemption Change in the Manner of Holding (equal shares) DOL
s44(1)(a), (b)(i) and (c)(i) Breakdown of marriage and domestic relationships - exemption - (transfers between natural persons) Spouse or Domestic Partner Transfer Breakdown of Relationship transfer between spouses/domestic partners DOL
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